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![]() I certainly don’t see anything that says it should be the spell or class based DC-10. And while Perses13’s suggestion that the counteract rank of TV would be half the character’s level rounded up (I mean, that’s effectively what spells are), I read that section as relating to the TARGET’S counteract rank, not the rank of the spell/ability being used to counteract the target effect/affliction. I just don’t think this ability is particularly well-written on that regard (but I like that countering is a secondary effect of the healing!) ![]()
![]() Perfect Harmony for the healing connection says:
What check would I be making and what would my bonus be? And what level is the effect? EDIT: I presume, for the Healing Connection, I would use Medicine for the check as that is the connection’s skill? ![]()
![]() I have a question about the chase in this scenario. 1. Goblins appear to start at least 1 obstacle ahead of the party.
Okay, I get all of that. But there is this part:
How is that possible? The goblins move to a new obstacle. The players spend their turn overcoming a prior obstacle. So, let's say the group gets enough points from crit successes. So, the others who didn't go could then conceivably move to the obstacle with the goblin (assuming it's the next obstacle) and then make an attempt to get the train? Am I understanding that right? Certainly it isn't suggesting that ALL PCs have to be on the same obstacle as the goblins. I'm just a bit confused about this part of the chase (in addition to the conversaton about where the "Conservatory" obstacle isn't even there. ![]()
![]() I have a question about a creature's ability in this AP. Spoiler: The Eshmok (Wasp Demon) has an ability, Eshmok Infection. However, the creature has no ability that seems to allow it to actually infect another creature. Most creatures that can do this have it as part of an attack, but I don't see it under its melee attack. I presume its stinger attack should have something like "plus Eshmok Infection" or something like that, but it doesn't. And its Infesting Exhalation ability doesn't say the those subjected to it need to ave against the Eshmok Infection. And, Eshmok Infection is clearly an affliction as it shows the DC and various stage. Any ideas? ![]()
![]() LeftHandShake wrote:
You probably should have put the details of the scenario in the spoiler tag. ![]()
![]() The item’s language seems clear to me: “At the end of any turn where the persistent damage can’t overcome this resistance, end that condition.” It isn’t conditional on whether or not the damage could overcome the resistance, but whether or not it can’t. The GM rolled a 3 - the persistent damage could not overcome the resistance, and thus, the condition ends. Rolling less than the resistance would mean, at the end of that turn, it can’t overcome the resistance. I believe that is the right call. Otherwise, the item is entirely worthless against any random die roll for persistent damage where the size (d4, d6, etc) is greater than the resistance. Under the second interpretation, a d8 persistent damage would always continue if the resistance is 8 or less, for example. ![]()
![]() Kringress wrote:
Respectfully, your point keeps changing, so I don’t know how anyone will be able to give you a satisfactory response. Your first point, which included profanity and words in all capital letters, was that Paizo was forcing people to buy the remaster books. You were then corrected on your error. Then your point was that the remaster rules should be an addition to the game, not the default for the game. More responses were made by some pretty knowledgeable people to try to help allay your concerns. Now your point is that the rules aren’t currently available at AoN, which we know, and which they are working to get up to speed. And people have pointed out that all we can do is to do our best. Paizo isn’t going to show up at your table and tell you are doing it wrong, especially when full access to the rules online isn’t available yet. So, I am having trouble trying to find a way to help address your concerns, because they keep shifting, and I honestly do not know which of these things is the most important to you and your group. People here are honestly and genuinely trying to help you. Please accept that help - it will end up with a better long-term result for you and your community. The game you ran on Friday - what problems did you encounter without having the rules online? I presume you didn’t have the Remaster books because I think you made it clear none in your group were going to buy them, which is a fair and legitimate choice. So, not having the rules, what problems did you encounter in trying to run that game? ![]()
![]() Tempest_Knight wrote:
If alignment as been removed from the game, how can there be alignment REQUIREMENTS? You’re trying to take part of remaster and part of 2e original and merge them together in a way that is just nonsensical. ![]()
![]() Tempest_Knight wrote:
No. Alignment has been removed, which means all alignment requirements have been removed as well. They are replaced by anathema and edicts. ![]()
![]() I’m not against people having the option to rebuild, I was talking specifically about being able to rebuild a Runelord. To use the remaster rebuild requires you to bring your character into conformity with the remaster rules. But, there are no remaster rules for Runelords, nor should there be - they are built specifically under the concept of schools of magic, prohibited schools, and the like, none of which exist in that context in remaster. So, there would be no way to rebuild your Runelord to be in conformity with the remaster rules. ![]()
![]() TOZ wrote: By all means, gather support from other Runelord players. I wish you the best. I am one of the “other” Runelord players. I like my character (he’s only level 1 or 2 at this point, not a lot of games under his belt.). But for the fact that Abjuration sucks for a Runelord (but it’s what I want to play), I have no desire to remake any part of my character. So, it’s anecdotal, but that’s one for the “not supporting the request to change the rules for Runelords.” ![]()
![]() Tribal Lion wrote:
The person organizing the PFS/SFS component can request support for the con. If they get it, they can make arrangements with Paizo to get the scenarios into the accounts of each of the GM who is running a particular scenario. So if I was organizing PFS for a convention and you were one of my GM’s and you were going to run a particular scenario that you did not have I would turn in your name and your contact information and the scenario or scenarios, and then at some point they will push all those scenarios out to the GM’s that don’t have them. ![]()
![]() Tribal Lion wrote:
If a convention gets support, then the GMs can get the scenarios for free. Secondly, VOs can loan out the physical copy of any scenario they have for a GM to use. I’m. not thrilled about the cost going to $8.99, even though I get them all for free, but an individual GM may not actually have to pay the cost. ![]()
![]() rainzax wrote:
Wouldn’t that be 28 as a class feature? ![]()
![]() NielsenE wrote:
There are 3 NPCs in each of those parts. What I did was have a player roll a d3 in each part, and then asked about the specific scenarios related to the corresponding NPC. I wanted to avoid the very thing you mention - asking about 6-8 scenarios and then having most of them not apply. ![]()
![]() I just ran this today, and I had pretty much the same questions you all did. I’m glad to see some answers, but I just ruled stuff on the fly because that was my only alternative. I will say that the maze riddle helped the characters at my table - it kept them from looking down when they had the chance to do so. The large map is totally useless. There is no reason that even needs to be a map because it’s functionally all just theatre of the mind, EXCEPT perhaps for the one encounter that could end up in a fight (my table made friends of them, so it was a non issue.). I feel bad for people who bought the tiles for this just to have map that was pointless. And, I’m just going to request that when authors put monsters in a scenario, that they pick ones that have actual art. Some of the monsters do not have art, which of course, makes creating pawns for them (I run in person so I use physical pawns) difficult. But, all of that aside, the table was really enjoyable to run and my players had a GREAT time, particularly with reconnecting with NPCs they had met before. ![]()
![]() Sir Belmont the Valiant wrote:
No, “all of Sagamore Ballroom” is correct, at least for the last 8 or 9 years (edit: up until and including 2019). This is all anecdotal, but I think the first year I GMed for PFS at Gen Con was 2014, and as I recall we had the entire Sag that year (I played the year before, and we were in a different, and much smaller, room.). But in 2014, I don’t recall sharing the space with any D&D tables. ![]()
![]() Danbala wrote:
We did have more tables this year than last year, so that’s a bonus. But, for every table we have, we need a GM. Imagine how the room would have looked if we had the entire Sagamore, but most of the tables had no GMs. There is a lot of player demand, but without GMs, we don’t have a table for them. And as I believe that Paizo pays for that space, they have to make some guesses as to how much of the room will actually be used - I mean, they don’t want to throw money away. I hope the increased demand this year would mean we can get a little bit of the Sagamore back next year, and a little more the year after, etc. That’s my hope, at any rate. ![]()
![]() Kyrand wrote:
Welcome to Team Orange! :) ![]()
![]() I volunteered for 8 slots - 7 at the Info Desk and 1 as a GM (I GMed the PFS special at tier 7-8). PROS:
I got to see a really good college friend I hadn’t seen in 25 years. I got to reconnect with people I only ever see at Gen Con. I got to watch two solid and exceptional volunteers get rewarded: VC Bill Tobin getting his Campaign Service Award and Gen Con Lead Organizer Heather Vigil be awarded the Order of the Wayfinder. I watched Lucas Servideo’s Pathfinder Academy bring in a lot of kids to try out PF for the first time. Organized Play is about people, and people playing games. I’m super stoked to have been a part of this phenomenal program once again! Until next year! ![]()
![]() Jack was one of those people who you may not know very well, but couldn’t wait until you saw them again. I only saw Jack at Gen Con, and during the one visit I made to MSP to GM for Skal Con. He was just a fun guy to be around. He was always kind to me and had asked me to come back to Skal Con (and, one day, I will return, if for no other reason than I think doing so in his memory would be a small way to thank him.) I can’t imagine how those who knew him so well are handling this news - I wasn’t a close friend of Jack’s, and I know how empty this feels to me. So, let his name be written on the Wall of Remembrance, and may Pharasma guide him to his richly deserved reward. Godspeed, Jack. ![]()
![]() Candlejake wrote:
It may not be an oversight. They may have decided it was legal at the point the source book had been released, but had not yet decided on how access would be granted. There may be an in-game way that it will later be made available, or it may be some other way. But, it may not be an oversight. ![]()
![]() Ravingdork wrote:
When you run those games outside of PFS rules, then you are running it in “Adventure Mode.” In that mode, you aren’t bound by the limitations of PFS - someone wants to play an Anadi? They can, and they don’t need a boon. You want to use Hero Point cards, or the critical hit or critical fumble decks? Go for it! (That’s what I do for the Abomination Vaults campaign I am running.) Each AP has a Sanctioning document that tells you at which points you will earn a chronicle sheet, and any special rules that might apply to that AP. You can find the link to the sanctioning document (which also contains the chronicle sheet) in the item’s page on Paizo’s website. ![]()
![]() emky wrote: The pawns are too low-res to print (not that I would -- that's not a very maintainable activity, especially in comparison to the preprinted ones that I already dearly miss getting new ones of!… I couldn’t disagree with you more. Not only is the resolution just fine for printing, it’s also more economical for me to print them when I need more copies of a monster than come included with the physical price. ![]()
![]() The Sword wrote:
And so, one does just what you have decided: you buy only what you want/need, and nothing further. I don't see why that's a problem. ![]()
![]() I have a question about something at high tier. high tier spoiler:
There is a trap on a door, and the trap is triggered when the door is opened. However, the text explicitly states that the door is impossible to open. How, then, would someone actually trigger the trap? That trap at low tier uses a different trigger, so that’s not an issue. thanks! ![]()
![]() BastionofthePants wrote:
The password protection is not new. But, what I do in Acrobat is use the SIGN tool, and then SIGN YOURSELF. This will put box where you want it and you can type in it. It works the way the typewriter tool used to work. That’s how I do my chronicle sheets. Occasionally, I do get the Wingdings thing when I print chronicle sheets. Sometimes, closing and then reopening the document fixes it. ![]()
![]() I am sorry that you were disappointed. I am. It wasn’t the usual presence we are accustomed to, but there are number of factors. First, a lot of people still aren’t comfortable gathering with thousands of other people in such close proximity. Second, Gen Con Online certainly took a fair number of players and GMs, some of whom might otherwise have been in attendance in Indy. Third, as to the content of the special, no special appeals to everyone - I have played most of the specials, and this one was one of my favorites. YMMV. And, I am sure there are likely other factors, as well. If Paizo thought or knew attendance was going to be significantly lower, then they may have decided the financial expense of renting the entire Sagamore wasn’t justified - if you thought there were a lot of empty tables in the room as it was, imagine if we had been in the entire Sagamore. On a more personal note, I volunteered roughly 48 hours at HQ to help out and to try and make sure people had a good experience. I can’t speak for anyone else, but I’m sorry that, as a volunteer, I failed in that attempt in regards to you. BNW is right - it’s an unusual, single datapoint. I wouldn’t read too much into it. Hopefully next year things will be closer to normal. ![]()
![]() emky wrote:
I don’t know if it means Paizo is doing that poorly, or just those particular products. How many monster books do we need, after all? ![]()
![]() michael199310 wrote:
I am a GM and a player, and even as a player, I make use of the cards. My Druid can summon animals, so I grab the cards for the animals he can summon and ta-da - have the stat blocks in front of me without having to haul around an entire book. So for me, the cards have tremendous value as a player. ![]()
![]() Cori Marie wrote:
First, thanks for your helpful and constructive response - I appreciate it! Second, I currently make my own pawns from the PDFs when I need extras of monsters in a set (PFS scenarios notoriously and frequently require more of a creature than come in a set of pawns.). I use 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of sticker paper, attach the to chipboard and cut them out. So, i can still do that - that’s why I asked if they could at least produce the .PDFs. I don’t always have time to go find art and create the actual pawn itself before printing them. But, thanks again! ![]()
![]() Aaron Shanks wrote: This year has not bounced back to in-person play as much as we had hoped. The gamers in Indianapolis would like a word with you. :-D I understand what you’re saying, Aaron, and on the issue of pre-pandemic pawn sales, I didn’t realize they were weak - that’s why I was perplexed at how many sets had been produced for 1e. My thought was that if the sales were poor, they wouldn’t have made as many sets as they had previously. But, I get it - companies don’t make products that don’t sell.] “Aaron Shanks” wrote: We have no intention of sacrificing traditional play… Thanks for explicitly saying this - that’s reassuring. I get that a lot of gaming has gone online and there will be players that won’t come back to a physical table. For those who will play in person (many of whom prefer to do so), there has to be something for them. That’s why I hope Paizo might decide to continue to at least produce .PDFs of the pawns, even if they don’t produce the physical product. But that’s also a time and cost vs. reward analysis, and maybe the reward isn’t there. Thanks for clarifying - much appreciated! ![]()
![]() Warped Savant wrote:
For the record, whenever I order anything from Paizo, even though I get a tracking number, it is never trackable. The webpage always tells me that info isn’t available, and than at some point a couple of weeks later, it magically appears at my house. Now, I usually just use the basic shipping so maybe that isn’t supposed to be trackable (but if that’s the case, I don’t know what good providing me a tracking number does.) I live in the continental U.S. ![]()
![]() I am incredibly incensed that the pawns are being discontinued. For a GM who travels a lot to GM, and/or the GM who runs games at conventions, I found the pawns to be an easy-to-carry and more economical alternative to miniatures. I also liked the fact that, using the PDFs, I could make additional pawns of creatures when the physical product didn’t have enough of a certain creature. So, now that these won’t be an option going forward, I’ll just go back to using my old set of Alea Tools to represent the monsters. Sure, it’s more immersion breaking, but at least I can afford it. How did they produce 6 bestiaries worth of pawns for PF1, 3 for PF2, and all of the various APs and other special ones, and only now decide “yeah, there’s no market for this.” I mean, I’m sure the business numbers support this decision, but I’m still irked. I wonder if it would be worth it to produce new ones that are .pdf only, and then people could just download and print them? I mean, I do that already for extra pawns, so that might be a more cost-effective solution. At any rate, I’m just venting my disappointment. ![]()
![]() I went through the latter half of PF1 upset that they wouldn’t sanction Wrath of the Righteous for PFS, even in what was then called Campaign Mode. That *finally* happened, which makes me happy (though my group moved on to PF2 and isn’t going back to PF1.) People should accept that there is, from time to time, content which either isn’t appropriate for Organized Play, or is mechanically too difficult to incorporate into Organized Play. This AP sounds like the former. So, that’s two APs (Edgewatch is the other, I think?) that aren’t sanctioned for Organized Play. There is a ton of sanctioned content available, and there will be others. Can’t people play this one AP (or 2, counting Edgewatch) for no credit? Is that really such a huge sacrifice?
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