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Player name/Alias: Shadow Dragon
PFS #: 2369921
Character's Name: Kaseem ibn al Majid
Race, Class, & Level: Half Orc Cleric L 3 (definitely NOT melee)
PC Faction: Grand Lodge
Played or GM'd this? YES/NO (people who haven't played before will be given priority) No and No
Anything else about your PC you would like the GM or the other players to know?: He's a scheming Arab-style trader looking to make a coin while exploring.

Player's note: I'll withdraw if the majority of the players want a higher tier than the 3-4.

Kaseem ibn al Majid wrote:

DoubleGold wrote:

Game has been reported and Chronicles have been emailed.

Received it, thanks! And thanks for running! I'll be the dumb guy and ask: it looks like we cross off the first two boons and keep the last one correct?

Oh right, ignore the first 2, you get boon number 3, because that is what you did.

That's what I thought but I wanted to make sure, thanks! :)

Game has been reported and Chronicles have been emailed.

Received it, thanks! And thanks for running! I'll be the dumb guy and ask: it looks like we cross off the first two boons and keep the last one correct?

That adventure seemed really short. Did we even have a full combat? I guess they don't make'em like they used to.

It all depends. I recently played a PFS module where a successful Diplomacy check triggered combat. The logic being the NPCs took the PCs ability to talk as weakness. So you never know how the skill checks will work out.

I have good new/bad news. Doublechecking my email, winners are picked randomly instead of by the d20 roll this year. I'll doublecheck with the VOs.

Since none of us rolled a 20 it's all good news. 8)

Yes a special thanks to DoubleGold for GMing! I only wish he would've won the GM boon.

thanks all that was fun, and we talked our way out of just fighting everything we saw!

Thanks to the Diplomizer Ezekial!

Boon Goon?: 1d20 ⇒ 4

Severely underprepared, Nonoriri will grab the torch from Ezekial's backpack and try to light it on fire.

Go with Kaseem's Alchemist's Fire.

If someone's PC has an action, but nothing which does fire damage, Kaseem will allow them to retrieve his remaining Alchemist's Fire from his bandolier to throw at the oozes.

Kaseem grabs an Alchemist's Fire from his bandolier and hurls it at the oozes!

Alchemist's Fire with Bless: 1d20 + 2 + 1 ⇒ (4) + 2 + 1 = 71d6 ⇒ 2

Wow did that suck! I'll leave it to the GM to roll the failure chart as I'm sure that missed.

Initiative: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

Kaseem calls upon Wadjet to deliver her blessings upon the group!

Kaseem casts Bless: +1 morale bonus on attack rolls and on saving throws against fear effects.

Just in case the DC is 30, Kaseem will automatically aid (+9 Perception) Ari-Ani's Perception check.

"By the Pharaoh's beard! Dolok was not exaggerating what a cursed and putrid place this is."

Unsure if they will provide any defense or help versus the diseased grove Kaseem nonetheless makes sure his scrolls of Detect Poison, Detect Evil, Air Bubble, and Protection from Evil are in one of his bandoliers. In the other bandolier he checks his Alchemist's Fires, Holy Water, and Acid flasks.

Diplomacy Aid: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (15) + 6 = 21

Diplomacy Aid #2: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (4) + 6 = 10

"I am Kaseem ibn al Majid, Cleric of Wadjet and also a member of the Pathfinder Society. We have been sent here to learn information about the Farheaven Clan, their history, and where they come from. We were directed to Nelket, one of the few remaining Farheaven, and she told us what she remembers of the Farheaven Clan but said you might be able to provide more insight..."

@GM: Kaseem will summarize the information provided by Nelket but avoiding the whole 'Wow you killed them eh?' part of the history lesson; he wants Dolok's version of events without angering him.

Ari-Ani thought about speaking, but decided the bear was probably not interested in trade or currency.

Even if Ari-Ani doesn't have Diplomacy she still has a 12 Charisma so would get a +1 on her aid check.

Great Googly Moogly that's one weird looking creature! Is there a Knowledge check to learn more about him? On improving his attitude with Diplomacy, can it be the same PC twice? Or does it have to be 2 different PCs? Obviously Silver Tongue is the #1 choice; if he can do it twice I'd suggest the rest of us try to aid his check. Kaseem is a bit apprehensive about casting Guidance as Dolok might take it poorly.

Wow the whole group to this point has rolled fairly poorly on Inits...yikes!

Initiative: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (2) + 1 = 3

I moved what I think are the PC tokens into Building A4; if anyone wants to change/adjust their spots, go for it.

Kaseem is in awe of the acrobatics display by Ari-Ani!

Kaseem has a +1 bonus to both Strength and Dexterity so he can assist on the Strength check but isn't a good choice for Acrobatics. He has Religion but not Nature so he can't help with that nor does he have Engineering.

Strength check Aid: 1d20 + 1 ⇒ (17) + 1 = 18

thanks for moving…

”That was less complex than I had originally anticipated.“

"He's called Ezekiel Sun-Blessed but he's really a Silver-Tongue!"

Kaseem scans the area for trouble as the group moves to the next building.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (20) + 9 = 29

I think some players use phones or tablets so I moved the tokens to A2. If anyone wants to correct the marching order, feel free.

"Why thank you! Such reasonable folk and friendly too. I think we should go over there next."

Kaseem points at the next building conveniently the one labeled A2 on the map. and leads the way.

What are our questions? :D

Greetings friends, we're here to try and help the Farhaven clan. We're looking for information about a plague and how to help Dolok Darkfur and their godcallers. Can you tell us anything? he holds up his hand in a sign up openness and peace; attempting to seem nonthreatening.

I'm not sure either but you hit some good general areas. Perhaps about the ceremony or maybe where to find those items required for the ceremony?

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (5) + 6 = 11

"We'd like to ask you a few questions..."

Yikes that was a bad roll. I moved everyone's tokens onto the map; if you want to use a different one you'll have to replace it.

"Speaking of profit it appears someone is trying to hide how nice the interior of the house is and the possessions by making the outside appear shabby...interesting."

[dice=Perception]1d20

Thank you for noting it down Kaseem, I have no idea where to find any of those things, but it sounds simple enough should we be able to locate them all.

"I'm not so sure. I've never been to this area so maybe things like darkwood carvings of standing bears are popular for decorating one's home? I do know darkwood is quite expensive and can be difficult to find. Although if we find a large enough supply, it could fetch quite the price back in Osirion!"

Kaseem gets that gleam (of gold) in his eyes as he thinks about another profit-making opportunity.

Perception: 1d20 + 9 ⇒ (8) + 9 = 17

"Thank you for the information Nelket, it's very interesting. It reminds me of some of the ceremonies of Ancient Osirion. That's quite a list of very specific items required for the ceremony. I don't suppose you know where we could either acquire those items or someone who could help us acquire those items?"

Kaseem retrieves his handy journal, ink, and ink pens and records everything Nelket has told the group.

@GM: Would there be a Knowledge or Spellcraft roll about the ceremony? From a player knowledge perspective what Nelket said sounds very similar to a Planar Ally spell.

Ecthelien looks to Lana and her so called knowledge.

”As neither of these topics is within my domain, I am the last to want to point out the obvious but it appears you have your notes upside down.“

"Or this thing is cursed!"

Horrid rolls happen and neither the player nor PC has a re-roll available. If only there was a Paladin at the table that has +5 in Knowledge (Religion) who could try making the roll...I wonder who that would be??? ;)

Kaseem nudges Ezekiel, "Any divine insight a Qadiran heretic can add to the situation would be greatly appreciated."

Knowledge Religion: 1d20 + 4 ⇒ (3) + 4 = 7

"Dolok Darkfur? I've never heard of such a deity but we are so far away from my homelands I'm not surprised. What does this Dolok Darkfur look like? We will also need the location of your village; can you draw a map or would you need to go with us to find it?"

Diplomacy: 1d20 + 6 ⇒ (13) + 6 = 19

Kaseem goes to work, working the crowds of people for information, contacts, and of course trying to sell fashionable goods from various parts of Golarion.

"You won't find diamonds like these anywhere near here! Straight from the frozen mountains of Irrisen they are! Could you help me locate another possible customer? Her name is Nelket and I think she might be interested in these diamonds as well..."

That must have been quite the box of wine.... Of course Kaseem is thinking of making coin here, but what if the threat of getting our faces eaten off could increase your profits friend? Ezekial smiles at the cleric.

"Hopefully I can convince them that Kelshite faces are a delicacy!" he replies with a grin.

"Faces getting eaten? I'd rather not have that type of experience! My mercantile business would suffer if I'm not able to accurately detail what a fine deal my customers are getting. Speaking of which perhaps we can find some exotic goods along the way which will fetch handsome prices..."

Kaseem rubs his hands together and his eyes gleam at the thought of making profit.

This game might start a few days late, the past few days, I couldn't download files from paizo, it just gives me a loading screen. I seem to get the big Paizo error screen when I try to download.

Unless one of you Dmed it before or does own it. I can still download pdfs, I just can't download them from Paizo directly. In other words, send an extra copy of your pdf to my email until I able to download my own copy.

So it isn't just me. I was going to send PMs to the GMs letting them know of my connection issues with the site but it appears it's more widespread. Not rush on starting and unfortunately I have not run/read/own this module either.

The great axe condundrum started in 3.0 with the 'out of the book' orc wielding a great axe. If that baby critted, the PC was a goner. So when they changed over to 3.5 they replaced the great axe with a falchion. Since it critted 10% more often than the great axe, it still bagged many a PC. Luck always plays a role.
The other not near-death part of playing up I didn't like was that my PC, being a Paladin, just couldn't contribute as much. One hit and he was out of the fight to heal or other PCs would have to take their actions to heal/protect him and it just makes things tougher on the group as a whole.

What scenario was that you had a bad experience playing up?

If this was PF2, playing up would probably be suicidal on account of the +10 crit mechanic. In PF1, it's kind of a crapshoot. In early years, playing up was a trivial increase in difficulty. Around Season 4, PFS dramatically increased the difficult of missions and there were LOTS of TPKs. I have no idea how season 9 averages out.

Edit: PFS1

3-02 and 5-06, both at the first in-person Convention I attended. One of them (I think 5-06), my L3 Paladin with 28 HPs was hit for 23 HP damage - in one hit. Not one round, one hit. Luckily he didn't get hit again until he managed to heal up a bit but it still almost killed him. In the last slot of the day I played 5-02 but this time I talked a couple of other players into voting to play down as more than half of the table (sort of like this table) were L3. The player with the L7 PC wanted to play up but lost the vote. For that module the GM told us what we would've faced in the 6-7 subtier vs. the 3-4 subtier we were playing. One of the encounters the PCs had literally zero options for fighting it and we would've either died or run.

Lana will be level 2 by the time this starts. But I think that still leaves us low tier.

2+2+2+2+4+5=17/6

It comes out to 2.86 which is rounded up to 3 so we could pick either high or low tier. With FOUR 2nd level PCs I would strongly recommend the lower tier based on my past experiences playing up particularly when 2/3 of the table is out of tier on the lower end.

Ecthelien, the Grey Elf, joins the others, rather stoic in nature.

He shares little of his history but is eager to complete the mission and return to his studies.

With a slight bow to the others.

”Greetings. I have been summoned to this place to provide assistance. I anticipate it will provide some lore or artifacts worthwhile of our time or I would have stayed with my tomes in the great library. Ecthelien is my name in the common tongue. Arcane studies are my contribution to this team.“

"Well met Ecthelien! I am Kaseem ibn al Majid, cleric of Wadjet and purveyor of fine goods throughout the Inner Sea! If you need a deal on something just let Kaseem know!"

With a broad and polished grin, Kaseem vigorously shakes Ecthelien's hand.

Kaseem looks horrified, "What, me work for those cretins? They couldn't sell water to desert nomads! I'm in competition with them and, with more results like the twenty gold I have made here, they will be working for me."
Kaseem grins broadly and returns Ezekial's embrace.

Noticing a familiar face Kaseem addresses Ezekial, "My friend! Good to see your heretical hide hasn't been collected by some demon yet! May the blessings of Wadjet be upon you this day."

Profession (Merchant): 1d20 + 7 ⇒ (15) + 7 = 22

I probably messed the math up since we'll now be a table of 6. If we have a choice I'd prefer lower tier; I've had bad experiences playing up. :(

This is the cleric I have available.

Looks great to me! Thanks for running :D

Alright Kalak, go find us another adventure to stumble into! :)

Kaseem ibn al Majid wrote:

Jilla wrote:

Kaseem ibn al Majid wrote:

GM PaleDim wrote:

Hehe. I'm glad you all liked it. This is a very weird, off-beat scenario that's hit or miss for some people. I'm glad the fey hijinx landed for all of you, and you played well off of each other :) It was a lot of fun to GM for you.

Your chronicles can be found HERE. This is my first time using the rpgchronicles web tool to generate them from your signups. Please look at them and verify correct information! I am reporting the game right now.

I'll leave this open for another day as folks confirm they received their chronicles.

Thanks for playing!

All that comes up is Jilla's CS.

Looks good to me ;)

Hehe although her class line should read 'Rolling Pin wielding GOON!'

Done!

That's what I'm talkin' bout! Now, when the enemies see her coming, they'll say, "Whoa look at that Mama Jama!" and run for their lives!"

Aw man! The high tier has one of my all-time favorite magic items - Cloak of the Manta Ray!
Looks correct; I can't say it looks good for Kaseem because 5 GP for his Profession (Merchant) check is a disaster! lol

The only chronicle I see is for Jilla as well.

We've all been transformed into Jilla! 8)

Kaseem ibn al Majid wrote:

GM PaleDim wrote:

Hehe. I'm glad you all liked it. This is a very weird, off-beat scenario that's hit or miss for some people. I'm glad the fey hijinx landed for all of you, and you played well off of each other :) It was a lot of fun to GM for you.

Your chronicles can be found HERE. This is my first time using the rpgchronicles web tool to generate them from your signups. Please look at them and verify correct information! I am reporting the game right now.

I'll leave this open for another day as folks confirm they received their chronicles.

Thanks for playing!

All that comes up is Jilla's CS.

Looks good to me ;)

Hehe although her class line should read 'Rolling Pin wielding GOON!'

Hehe. I'm glad you all liked it. This is a very weird, off-beat scenario that's hit or miss for some people. I'm glad the fey hijinx landed for all of you, and you played well off of each other :) It was a lot of fun to GM for you.

Your chronicles can be found HERE. This is my first time using the rpgchronicles web tool to generate them from your signups. Please look at them and verify correct information! I am reporting the game right now.

I'll leave this open for another day as folks confirm they received their chronicles.

Thanks for playing!

All that comes up is Jilla's CS.

Yeah that was fun! I really enjoyed it!

Well yeah because ya killed almost everything! ;)

"Ah so much for getting the Koi to work for me in Osirion... At least we won't get stuck with cleanup duties down here! Let's report back to Shaine and see what kind of punishment he will unleash on Virmyl."

Thanks PaleDim for running and thanks to all of the players!