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Can I suffer the Burn for Internal Buffer one day and still have the buffered one available the next? Can I build up the Internal Buffer over a few days?
One player was looking to run it himself, but now I am offering to do so. I want to switch things around a bit so that it is still a bit of a mystery for him. Here's some first thoughts, though I am here to ask you for something better. Ameiko and Tsuto are both evil, and the exchange of letters and kidnapping is all a ruse to ambush the PCs. The shopkeeper's daughter is later revealed to be Nualia. Sherrif Hemlock takes on Aldern Foxglove's role, though Aldern still becomes obsessed with one of the PCs. Hemlock flirts mildly with a PC. Have you got something better for me? 
Our adventure begins in the town of Rhiannon. The slow process of rebuilding is well underway after recent raids by Orcs and Gnolls. Mayor Fellstone, an older man with short cropped dark hair and a beard, has asked you to a meeting at the town hall which is still under construction in some parts.
Whilst refreshing My Campaigns page I found myself wishing for an alternative to PbP. Wouldn't it be great if we could get the players in our PbP games together in the same room. We'd need some way to allow them to post spontaneously, maybe permitting them to vocalise their turn, and something RL to replace the dice-roller. I'd probably even provide some food and drinks. Anyway, that's my wishful thinking for tonight...
Excerpt from The Fellowship of the Ring:
One morning the hobbits woke to find the large field, south of Bilbo's front door, covered with ropes and poles for tents and pavilions. A special entrance was cut into the bank leading to the road, and wide steps and a large white gate were built there. The three hobbit-families of Bagshot Row, adjoining the field, were intensely interested and generally envied. Old Gaffer Gamgee stopped even pretending to work in his garden. The tents began to go up. There was a specially large pavilion, so big that the tree that grew in the field was right inside it, and stood proudly near one end, at the head of the chief table. Lanterns were hung on all its branches. More promising still (to the hobbits' mind): an enormous open-air kitchen was erected in the north corner of the field. A draught of cooks, from every inn and eating-house for miles around, arrived to supplement the dwarves and other odd folk that were quartered at Bag End. Excitement rose to its height. Bilbo Baggins called it a party, but it was really a variety of entertainments rolled into one. Practically everybody living near was invited. A very few were overlooked by accident, but as they turned up all the same, that did not matter. Many people from other parts of the Shire were also asked; and there were even a few from outside the borders. Bilbo met the guests (and additions) at the new white gate in person. He gave away presents to all and sundry . the latter were those who went out again by a back way and came in again by the gate. Hobbits give presents to other people on their own birthdays. Not very expensive ones, as a rule, and not so lavishly as on this occasion; but it was not a bad system. Actually in Hobbiton and Bywater every day in the year it was somebody's birthday, so that every hobbit in those parts had a fair chance of at least one present at least once a week. But they never got tired of them. On this occasion the presents were unusually good. The hobbit-children were so excited that for a while they almost forgot about eating. There were toys the like of which they had never seen before, all beautiful and some obviously magical. Many of them had indeed been ordered a year before, and had come all the way from the Mountain and from Dale, and were of real dwarf-make. When every guest had been welcomed and was finally inside the gate, there were songs, dances, music, games, and, of course, food and drink. There were three official meals: lunch, tea, and dinner (or supper). But lunch and tea were marked chiefly by the fact that at those times all the guests were sitting down and eating together. At other times there were merely lots of people eating and drinking continuously from elevenses until six-thirty, when the fireworks started. The fireworks were by Gandalf: they were not only brought by him, but designed and made by him; and the special effects, set pieces, and flights of rockets were let off by him. But there was also a generous distribution of squibs, crackers, backarappers, sparklers, torches, dwarf-candles, elf- fountains, goblin-barkers and thunder-claps. They were all superb. The art of Gandalf improved with age. There were rockets like a flight of scintillating birds singing with sweet voices. There were green trees with trunks of dark smoke: their leaves opened like a whole spring unfolding in a moment, and their shining branches dropped glowing flowers down upon the astonished hobbits, disappearing with a sweet scent just before they touched their upturned faces. There were fountains of butterflies that flew glittering into the trees; there were pillars of coloured fires that rose and turned into eagles, or sailing ships, or a phalanx of flying swans; there was a red thunderstorm and a shower of yellow rain; there was a forest of silver spears that sprang suddenly into the air with a yell like an embattled army, and came down again into the Water with a hiss like a hundred hot snakes. And there was also one last surprise, in honour of Bilbo, and it startled the hobbits exceedingly, as Gandalf intended. The lights went out. A great smoke went up. It shaped itself like a mountain seen in the distance, and began to glow at the summit. It spouted green and scarlet flames. Out flew a red-golden dragon, not life-size, but terribly life-like: fire came from his jaws, his eyes glared down; there was a roar, and he whizzed three times over the heads of the crowd. They all ducked, and many fell flat on their faces. The dragon passed like an express train, turned a somersault, and burst over Bywater with a deafening explosion. At this point Gandalf gathered four about him, four whom he knew to be brave and courageous and worthy of a great responsibility, and he drew them into the darkness behind the Grand Pavilion. "I have spied some movement to the north," he said in a quiet and somber voice. "For better or ill Mr Bilbo Baggins has invited practically everybody to this little party of his, so there should be no movement and no lights to be seen, not here, not in the North Farthing, not anywhere in the Shire. Make haste and uncover whatever it is that..." Gandalf's face stiffens suddenly, and he pauses a moment. "Gather your weapons and go, but do not bring any concern to these people here. I intend to leave the Shire by morning, so look for me at the inn of the Prancing Pony in Bree in two days hence. I want to know what it was that you uncovered." And with a swirl of his cloak Gandalf leaves and disappears into the pavilion. *********** You collect your things and meet at the North end of the field, near to Bag End, within a few minutes.
***** WELCOME ***** Hello! I hope you all have a good time here. My aim is to increase the RPG-fun in my life, I hope that this game does the same for you.
I am going to run a short game that runs parallel to the opening of The Fellowship of the Ring. You should already be very familiar with the following: One morning the hobbits woke to find the large field, south of Bilbo's front door, covered with ropes and poles for tents and pavilions. A special entrance was cut into the bank leading to the road, and wide steps and a large white gate were built there. The three hobbit-families of Bagshot Row, adjoining the field, were intensely interested and generally envied. Old Gaffer Gamgee stopped even pretending to work in his garden. The tents began to go up. There was a specially large pavilion, so big that the tree that grew in the field was right inside it, and stood proudly near one end, at the head of the chief table. Lanterns were hung on all its branches. More promising still (to the hobbits' mind): an enormous open-air kitchen was erected in the north corner of the field. A draught of cooks, from every inn and eating-house for miles around, arrived to supplement the dwarves and other odd folk that were quartered at Bag End. Excitement rose to its height. Bilbo Baggins called it a party, but it was really a variety of entertainments rolled into one. Practically everybody living near was invited. A very few were overlooked by accident, but as they turned up all the same, that did not matter. Many people from other parts of the Shire were also asked; and there were even a few from outside the borders. Bilbo met the guests (and additions) at the new white gate in person. He gave away presents to all and sundry . the latter were those who went out again by a back way and came in again by the gate. Hobbits give presents to other people on their own birthdays. Not very expensive ones, as a rule, and not so lavishly as on this occasion; but it was not a bad system. Actually in Hobbiton and Bywater every day in the year it was somebody's birthday, so that every hobbit in those parts had a fair chance of at least one present at least once a week. But they never got tired of them. On this occasion the presents were unusually good. The hobbit-children were so excited that for a while they almost forgot about eating. There were toys the like of which they had never seen before, all beautiful and some obviously magical. Many of them had indeed been ordered a year before, and had come all the way from the Mountain and from Dale, and were of real dwarf-make. When every guest had been welcomed and was finally inside the gate, there were songs, dances, music, games, and, of course, food and drink. There were three official meals: lunch, tea, and dinner (or supper). But lunch and tea were marked chiefly by the fact that at those times all the guests were sitting down and eating together. At other times there were merely lots of people eating and drinking continuously from elevenses until six-thirty, when the fireworks started. The fireworks were by Gandalf: they were not only brought by him, but designed and made by him; and the special effects, set pieces, and flights of rockets were let off by him. But there was also a generous distribution of squibs, crackers, backarappers, sparklers, torches, dwarf-candles, elf- fountains, goblin-barkers and thunder-claps. They were all superb. The art of Gandalf improved with age. There were rockets like a flight of scintillating birds singing with sweet voices. There were green trees with trunks of dark smoke: their leaves opened like a whole spring unfolding in a moment, and their shining branches dropped glowing flowers down upon the astonished hobbits, disappearing with a sweet scent just before they touched their upturned faces. There were fountains of butterflies that flew glittering into the trees; there were pillars of coloured fires that rose and turned into eagles, or sailing ships, or a phalanx of flying swans; there was a red thunderstorm and a shower of yellow rain; there was a forest of silver spears that sprang suddenly into the air with a yell like an embattled army, and came down again into the Water with a hiss like a hundred hot snakes. And there was also one last surprise, in honour of Bilbo, and it startled the hobbits exceedingly, as Gandalf intended. The lights went out. A great smoke went up. It shaped itself like a mountain seen in the distance, and began to glow at the summit. It spouted green and scarlet flames. Out flew a red-golden dragon, not life-size, but terribly life-like: fire came from his jaws, his eyes glared down; there was a roar, and he whizzed three times over the heads of the crowd. They all ducked, and many fell flat on their faces. The dragon passed like an express train, turned a somersault, and burst over Bywater with a deafening explosion.
Paizo Order #3153323 Shipment I sent an email about this on 26 June and I have had no response (which surprised me more than the promo card being missing).
Kip, could you start with a description of your PC in the gameplay thread please.
You are a member of the Wolf people, a small
Okay guys, first things first. We need to:
So make a post to let me know who you are. As we get this thread running I will start on the next few points.
I thought no, but someone suggested I could.
So the rules don't support it, and you'd need to decide on another location for each extra player, but has anyone tried it anyway?
We be goblins! This is a variant game using the PFACG cards and same basic mechanic. If you're enjoying the standard PFACG you might enjoy this for a change of pace. It includes the use of the B, C and 1 cards. 1) This game uses only d6's. Goblins can't count higher than that, and the concept of a tetrahedron will blow their minds. 2) Remove all the Allies with the Animal trait - yummy - and set aside. 3) Remove all the remaining Allies with the Basic or Elite trait. Use 30 of these as the Blessing Deck. These are the people you avoid and dart between as you burn things and create chaos. The game ends when there are thirty people out trying to stop you. 4) Shuffle the Animal allies in with the remaining Allies. 5) Remove all the Monsters, Henchmen and Villains with the Goblin trait and shuffle. Have each player roll 2d6 and give them that number of goblins for their character deck. 6) Give each player enough random Blessings to make up to 15 cards in their deck. 7) Each character rolls 1d6+2 for their Hand Size. 8) For any check a goblin's base die is d6. 9) On your turn you may discard a goblin as a weapon for a combat check. If the combat check of that goblin is 8 add 1d6 to you base die. Otherwise add 2d6. Named goblins add 3d6.
10) On your turn you may discard a goblin as fireworks for 1d6 each, regardless of the combat check of that goblin. You may discard as many goblins as you like in this way. Named goblins are really big fireworks, add 3d6.
11) Any animal encountered, ally or monster, is automatically acquired and put into your hand. Animals act as a healing, yummy. Bury the animal, then shuffle 1d6-1 random cards from your discard pile into your deck. 12) Allies are the enemy. The combat check of the ally is equal to the Allies highest check to acquire. Henchmen and Villains are also the enemy. Combat and damage work as normal. 13) Monsters are your friends, and act identically to the Blessing of the Gods. Roll 5 or more to acquire and put them into your hand. You may threaten the monster with your weapon (recharge a goblin) to add 1d6 to this check. 14) Add +2 to any check when you chant a goblin war song whilst rolling dice. The war song must be at least 2 lines that rhyme and give small children nightmares. 15) Build the scenario for Brigandoom! as normal for your first attack on Sandpoint. Happy chaos!
This is a tough scenario made for characters who have completed the Burnt Offerings Adventure. A researcher at the Turandarok Academy discovered that Sandpoint lay on the site of the breeding ground of the Giant Hermit Crab. However, seeing no arcane significance to this he dismissed it. Today hundreds of Giant Hermit Crabs are roaming the streets and the local militia cannot hold them back without your assistance. The people have panicked and lawlessness rules the streets. Set up:
Locations:
Villain: none (to win this scenario you must close all the locations)
During this scenario:
Reward:
My regular gaming buddies are coming round tomorrow night and we plan to play at least one scenario. They are seasoned RPGers and also play a lot of board games and card games. They haven't played PFACG at all. I am quite familiar with it. Should we start with Brigandoom! or launch into Burnt Offerings? I think they'd prefer the story continuity of Burnt Offerings over three random beginner scenarios. And the Local Heroes scenario will help them gain better gear. It will most likely be a party of five or six. (And I have Attack on Sandpoint all made and ready to go.)
Specifically thinking about armour here, which most seem to say "Recharge/Reveal to reduce Combat damage..." Does that mean I can use armour to reduce:
I picked up the Character Add-On just yesterday and started playing Lini (with my daughters as Kyra and Amiri). I felt frustrated by how difficult it was to make a decent combat check. I'd often have to discard to roll 1d10 for Strength rather than 1d4, I'd reveal an animal ally for 1d4 and Amulet of Mighty Fists for another 1d4, provided I had all this in hand. I still felt uneasy about making combat checks higher than 12, and if I was missing any if those I was throw in a Blessing (or beg for one). Whilst it was good to be able to cast Strength sometimes too, I couldn't always recharge it and didn't like losing another card to the discard pile. The Divine spells don't feel all that useful, either in combat or out. I do like the 1d4 to a check from revealing an animal ally and found that I acquired more cards than any other player. I guess this is the key to Lini, being able to pick up resources along the way and use them. Advice?
I am thinking about deliberately stacking the location decks with the 'right' cards to more accurately tell the story of the Rise of the Runelords. I have been thinking about running this Adeventure Path using the PF RPG for some time, so I am fairly Familiar with book 1. I plan to follow the numbers on the location cards, and shuffle before the game begins, but I will make deliberate placements such as:
I'll then narrate the story more, play the part of NPCs to interact with the PCs more etc, though we will otherwise play the PFACG as normal. Thoughts?
So I have a Blessing of Calistra that matches the top of blessing discard pile and I choose to discard a card to use Seoni's Blast power. Can I use the Blessing recharge power to 'recharge this card instead of discarding it'? I think No, but then I ask myself when would I get to use the Blessing recharge power...?
How should I go about balancing RotR for three teens? They have been roleplaying with me using the Beginner Box, and now the Card Game, but they still need a lot of technical help and advice to build characters. I'd prefer to avoid the GM-PC.
I'm playing Seoni so spells are pretty high on my mind. My favourite spell so far is definitely Augury. I recently played Augury, chose Monster as my card type, turned over three monsters and placed all three on the bottom of the deck. I now have a relatively safe location to explore until I find the henchman or villain. Detect Magic is good in a similar way. When you find a monster beyond your capability at that time you can leave the location to someone else. Same with a great boon, such as longbow +1, that you can't acquire yourself, nor do you want it, but let Harsk know where it is and he will be happy to move across.
Adventure: The Jubrayl Vhiski Trilogy Brigandoom! (And Try Again)
Adventure Reward: the people of Sandpoint give each of the heroes a gift. Each character chooses a type of boon other than loot, then draws a random card of that type from the box. Having completed Brigandoom! a few options become available. Scenario: Try Again
Continue with these locations until Vhiski has been apprehended. Scenario: Jail Break!
If they choose to go after Vhiski immediately then they will be hot on his trail and still within Sandpoint. The players have only one chance at this scenario.
If they choose to wait, or if they did not successfully complete Jail Break!, after the Local Heroes scenario Sherif Hemlock directly approaches the heroes pleading for help. "Vhiski is causing more trouble for Sandpoint. He has made a base of operations for himself somewhere near the town."
Senario: The Ransom The Sczarni have begun kidnapping residents of Sandpoint, threatening to kill them all if Vhiski is not released.
Locations:
I'm not sure that I'm 100% correct, but I've been playing that you can only move at the beginning of your turn, before you explore. Is that correct?
I was the sorceress at the Apothecary and the three spells were all Divine only spells. I figured that I could not acquire at all: If you do not have the Divine skill, banish this card.
Can you acquire spells without the appropriate skill?
I might be moving to a new town of about 30,000. I haven't yet found an RPG presence on the web. I am thinking about starting up a RPG club and offering PFACG, BB for beginners and regular Pathfinder RPG (perhaps as PFS, perhaps as APs, perhaps as Homebrew). How much would you pay to play once a fortnight from around 7pm till late? I'm looking for any ideas to help me actually achieve this.
Valeria and Ezren are at the same location. Ezren Explores and turns up a low level monster. Ezren has only one spell in hand. Valeros has a few weapons. It seems that Ezren and only Ezren must attempt to defeat the monster. Valeros can add to Ezren's check in a number of ways but he cannot step up and stab the monster (make a melee check in place of Ezren. Am I reading this correctly? Valeros could make a check only if the Bane card listed a two conditions with Then linking them. Similarly, Valeros Explores and turns up some Arcane boon. Can Ezren make the check to acquire this boon?
I'm thinking of a cleric that is going to be a support character in as many ways as possible, including standing in the second line with a reach weapon.
I'd take a one-level-dip into Cleric because as a Theologian Archetype with the Liberation Domain I'd get three rounds/day of Freedom of Movement ("This effect occurs automatically as soon as it applies."), a +2 Will save and enough casting and Channelling to keep myself healed, as well as a few Orisons. It also gives me Medium armour and Shield proficiency. The only drawback is the +0 BAB. Ideal for any class. I'd take it with a Fighter, Rogue, Magus or dedicated spellcaster (or any class really).
I have a Lore Warden with a +2 bonus to CMB with a Improved Trip. How do I calculate my 'ranged trip' attack with the bolas? BAB + Dex mod + CMB bonus + Improved Trip bonus - non-proficiency penalty.
This is not for a Magus, and I realise Spell Strike allows me to do this. I'm heading for Eldritch Knight. As a Wizard can I deliver a melee touch attack spell (such as Shocking Grasp) via my weapon including its enhancements to the attack roll, such as MW and Weapon Focus? Can I also add the weapon and strength damage? Can I deliver the melee touch spell as part of a Trip or Disarm attack with a flail? If I take a 2H weapon such as a heavy flail as my Arcane Bond can I cast spells with a Somantic component? Does wielding a 2H weapon mean that I no longer have a free hand for casting a spell.
I GM the RPG Club I started for a some students in the school I teach.
What is the best AP for use with me as GM?
I'm doing some research for an upcoming blog. Tell me about your experience and expectations with sandbox campaigns, please. Are you a player or GM?
Firstly, this is NOT the thread to hate Loner-PCs and their players. I would like to hear from the people who play Loner-PCs, and why they do it, what they enjoy about it. I want to gain some understanding something about why some players seem play the character that won't bond with the group, don't want to help the party, will go left when the party goes right, creates characters that don't mix well with the party, want to play a dwarf in a party of elves, will make a social-character for a combat game and a combat-character for a social game, and so on. I am about to embark on creating a RPG club at the school I teach at. I figure that with enough students who have never played before I will come across at least one Loner-PC. I have ideas for strategies to help avoid this, starting off by stating that the party is to work together. However, I'm not looking for advice, I would like to hear from the people who play Loner-PCs.
It is after nightfall in late winter. Ambassador Krippler, the village mayor, has called an emergency town meeting. He has listed several people who are missing, and it seems to be happening at the Pass of Thaldor. He has called for volunteers to investigate, and you have answered his call.
I am just setting things up -connecting this thread as the Discussion Board. Feel free to start using it. 
"I’ve called this Town Meeting because of the trouble on the pass. We were expecting a corps from Vigil, and they should have arrived two days ago. We need to send some of our own to The Pass of Thaldor to find out what is going on." He shuffles nervously, hanging his head as he speaks in his deep voice, "We do not know what has befallen Viktor and Igor who live near the pass; Edgar, Krinsk, Warick, Lyon or Kompio who should have returned from Vigil a week ago; nor of Verdihold and his men who volunteered to investigate.
Is there any RAW (or RAI) reason why I can't be a Cleric of a Nuetral god to channel negative energy and multiclass into Cleric of a Good god to channel positive energy? I realise I will have a plethora of low level spells, and miss out on the higher level spells.
Fast Movement takes Dwarf to 30', and the
Slow and Steady: Dwarves have a base speed of 20 feet, but their speed is never modified by armor or encumbrance so, should the speed be 30' in heavy armour, or does encumberance of the armour bring it back to the dwarf's base speed again?
So I've created a dwarf fighter with Two Weapon Fighting and an Urgosh. At level 6 my spreadsheet tells me that the Primary head does +9/+4 whilst the secondary head also does +9/+4. Does this mean 4 attack rolls? Woohoo if it does. I only expected one extra attack from the feat.
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