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Master Baiter, Trapsmith wrote:

Should we be paying to get the boon or paying to help the MMO?

Is that a mutually exclusive sentiment?

If you wouldn't otherwise pay to help the MMO, but you want the boon, and are willing to fork over $5, then that helps the MMO. Brilliant marketing plan IMO.

I would agree that its a marketing plan.

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Master Batier, Trapsmith

Ah OK. I'm only up to episode 5 on the TOS.

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Master Batier, Trapsmith

bugleyman, am I missing a pop-culture reference? Of the body?

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Master Batier, Trapsmith

Lets face it - keeping the PFS and other aspects of Paizo cost money.

Agreed. Its why I purchase rulebooks, scenarios, minis, maps and other various products made by Paizo.

Pathfinder Online is something they are pouring much effort in to.

They sure are, two kickstarters and employees mentioning being stretched thin is proof.

So bottom line if you want to get the boon,

Should we be paying to get the boon or paying to help the MMO?

if you want to support the company providing one of your hobbies,

You bet I do*.

*see above

If you are not interested in the boon, have no interest in Pathfinder Online, or just don't want to toss in money for any other varied reasons, than don't. No harm - no foul.

But it does harm me. As a player and a GM paying $5 to have as powerful a boon as described is distasteful and against all precedent.

And the reason I have voiced my disagreement with this option is in the hopes that Paizo thinks twice before offering boons for dollars again.

They have the same theoretical cap on distribution that the boons associated with the novels have--the set of all PFS players who want to lay out a little money to get them.

Note that in both instances, the player gets an added benefit other than the boon. Supporting the development of the video game in one case and reading the novel or novels in the other.

What's theoretical about it?

Apples and oranges comparison.

PF Tales you buy a book and get a boon as an added bonus. And maybe you haven't seen what the PF Tales boons offer but it is in no way even close to having and Advanced Template for an entire scenario. Which doesn't even take into account the possible permanent status effect.

With this KS you spend $5, get a boon but after that you have no guarantee of anything other than a refund if the funding doesn't meet the pre-set goal.

thaX wrote:

A good example of gold that needs to be found/taken. First Steps Pt III. The <spoiler omitted>

When I came across it the first time, my first thought, even when playing it, was "well, that was stupid" concerning having to <spoiler omitted>

The second time I played it, none of us <spoiler omitted>, and we got less because of it.

You only loose out on the gold if

** spoiler omitted **

From memory:

Which is the second pass or fail possibility in that encounter in regards to gold.

Thanks, Paz.

As a player in an AP, I'm excited about getting shiny chronicle sheets for a home game.

On the other hand, this is a massive, massive shift. This is going to effectively change the entire landscape of what I used to know as PFS. Gone is the exclusivity of the sweet treat I used to be able to tantalize new GMs with into running scenarios for the first time.

I'm sure you've thought of this in your meetings but won't this just create a whole bunch of what is more commonly known as GM Credit Babies* for players?

Or is the statement "as if you had played a pregenerated character" disallow players from piling multiple AP chronicles onto one PC they haven't ever played?

*Defined here as when a GM stacks up a bunch of credit and then plops down an 8th level PC they've never played before and then has trouble figuring out how their actual PC works.

Sanctioned APs work just like sanctioned modules so Chapter 6 in the PFS Guide is being expanded to include them.

I would guess that when you apply a Chronicle sheet for a sanctioned AP segment that is beyond the level 7 pregen rules, that you can apply it to any PC that falls within the Tier of that segment. So when holding a a Chronicle until a PC reaches that level, it would be applied as soon as the PC reaches the lowest level of the Tier. Just like GM credit.

What I'm reading here is, once you start playing AP modules beyond the level 7 pregen rules, these chronicles can be applied just like GM credits. Is that correct?

So instead of the potential for adding a lot of low levels onto a PC you can instead add high levels onto a PC? Essentially jumping you from 8 to 12 a little faster?

¡Confundido!

I'm sure you've thought of this in your meetings but won't this just create a whole bunch of what is more commonly known as GM Credit Babies* for players?

Or is the statement "as if you had played a pregenerated character" disallow players from piling multiple AP chronicles onto one PC they haven't ever played?

*Defined here as when a GM stacks up a bunch of credit and then plops down an 8th level PC they've never played before and then has trouble figuring out how their actual PC works.

Unfortunately the nature of message boards requires the repeat beating of horses for those that missed the first exhibition.