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I was considering making it so my character's was like a normal summoned monster. I would summon it with a standard action and it would stick around for 1 round per Shadowdancer level. That way it's not always there and it's a little less powerful.

A rod already can be used as a weapon. A club or a light mace with AC 9, 10 hit points, hardness 10, and a break DC of 27. So it would as simple as adding the weapon enhancement.

How would you take advantage of the party interacting with Trett for the first time?

Trust is the best advantage Sanvil has. Give him wants but have him respect the PCs. That way when you do betray them it will be totally unexpected.

Seems like, as with many APs, the players quickly outgrow the purple gem of the plains Torch. As usual I over think these things, and the way the last session ended leaves me several directions to go. Sanvil was captured by the party after a failed ambush in the Black Hill Caves. Turned over to the Torch Guard he now sets in a cell. His future in currently unknown.
The Council doesn't know what to do with him for one reason, The Black Sovereign. Still ruled and heavily taxed by the palace 200 miles away put Torch in a tricky place. They were just interesting enough to tax but not enough for anything else. The habitat module and Sanvil put all that in play. If The Black Sovereign (Technic League) learns there is a large artifact under Torch they would surely level the town just to access it. How does the community access this boon of resources without alerting those that would take it from them?
With Sanvil his fate can also complicate this. If he is just put to death it could be seen as the cover up it is. If they hold a trial evidence would be shown to the Numerian judges who would tell their leader. Letting him go may eventual expose the artifacts existence as well.
The Habitat Module could be a great addition to Torch with it's secured protected space could be useful but would need to be kept a local secret.
Any ideas on how this could play out?

Wish I would have thought to post this earlier. Another solution would be to have clickable layers on the pdf that allow you to choose your Story Arc and Location so the others would be crossed out or hidden all together. This would make it simpler than having several different sheets that still need to have items crossed off or highlighted by hand. You do it with module and AP maps so it should be easy enough. If you don't know how just ask me.

Russell Akred wrote:

The one thing I hate about prepping for these scenarios with multiple outcomes in tracing down all the treasure to mark off the chronicles. Please in the future, organize the treasure by theme and location on the chronicles to make it easier to track down.

I find it easier to highlight what they do get rather than cross off what they don’t.

Yeah, the crossing off made me ruin one set of chronicles.

The one thing I hate about prepping for these scenarios with multiple outcomes in tracing down all the treasure to mark off the chronicles. Please in the future, organize the treasure by theme and location on the chronicles to make it easier to track down.

I am prepping for this tonight and made this sheet for the race if anyone is interested.

Race Sheet

New fresh links.

Prisoner Codes

Seal Codes

It says breathing fire is a product of their gas and mouth, so I assume you can do it with your hands full.

When the book comes out it could change but in First Contact it says they strike their legs together to create a spark.

Seems this thin shelled eight foot long intelligent arthropodan that is full of a limitless reserve of lighter than air gasses (hydrogen?) breaths fire and can slow fall using web balloons, filled with their gas is my first Starfinder Society character.
First off I hate the drawing in First Contact. The "balloons" look small and added onto a drawing. It's considered humanoid so I would think it should be a little more humanoid shaped.
Unless I missed it the big guys have two arms and two legs despite the drawing. If someone can find otherwise does it effect anything by having more legs?
The float people away attack in First Contact went away and is now like flight level 1 lasting 1 round per level. You can keep doing this every round though.
Can you breath fire if both or either hand is in use?

M2: Sanctum of the Beast
Tier 5-6
If we choose to run double the 3-4 tier demons do we run them all including the ritual and balista?

Not happy with The Solstice Scar but I hope it runs better than it preps. Reading and prepping, it is the worst of the five I am getting ready to run at GenCon. Really looking forward to this one being in my rear view mirror. Just hope my table has fun because I think it will suck for this GM.

The search feature failed me so I knew I could come to those who would talk down to me for advice.

For years I have ran and played Pathfinder and D&D before that it has always been one roll no matter the number of opponents on a move through threatened squares. You simply add 2 for each opponent and add 5 for each enemy square you move through. You look at your roll modify it and if it beats everyone's CMD you are good. If it fails everyone's CMD they all get to attach and if opponents have different CMDs then you get attacked by the ones you failed on.

Recently I came across a GM that not only adds 2 for each opponent but has you make a separate roll for each opponent. I understand the logic but it seems to double penalize the tumbler. What is the official way of playing this action?

Example: If I am moving through the threatened squares of three opponents and one of those I am moving though that gives me a -9 to my roll. If their CMDs are 13, 18 and 23 and I roll a modified Acrobatics roll of 18 (Unmodified 27) then the third opponent gets an AOO.

I am not getting into half movement here just the number of rolls.

I am hoping that "King Xeros" makes an appearance in a Starfinder Organized play scenario. It would be a good cross over with a few changes to reflect the thousands of more years spent adrift in the ether.

When I print page 24 the player handouts they are blank and blank on my screen. Is there somewhere to download the handouts with content?

I have yet to run the Fleet Battles but still see issues. If each of four squadrons of six ships has a fifty fifty chance to successfully attack each round and concentrates on one squadron at a time then it would do 2d6 + 2d4 + 12 - 2 damage. A like squadron targeted with this kind of attack would take 22 point of damage on average. This would wipe out a squadron of sailing ships and nearly destroy a squadron of warships or galleys. If it was the Flagship's squadron (why wouldn't it) then the Flagship is gone or left alone and significantly damaged and ready to bolt. Seems there is a strong chance of routing in the first round or both fleets losing their Flagships.

Thank you for all your work. The changes you made to PFS were fun and I always enjoyed working with you.

A "Choking Tower" has got to be a factory chimney. :D :D :D

I assumed it was a phallic joke.

Deep below the anarchic city of Kaer Maga, someone—or some thing—has begun stealing corpses from the city’s most prestigious tomb, the Godsmouth Ossuary. Fearing the worst, the clerics of Pharasma in charge of maintaining the crypts quietly call for aid, not wanting to risk their own members in combating whatever horrors may have crept in from the tunnels and hidden chambers of the legendary Undercity. Yet when the PCs venture below the closed-off sections of the crypt, what they find may be more than they bargained for. For beneath the infamous crypt lies a temple from an ancient empire devoted to sin, and a former Pharasmin cleric who’s weathered his goddess’s wrath to create an army of undead minions, their dead flesh standing ready to support his heretical plans.

Written by Rob McCreary

You can replay this first level module once with a second level character or unlimited times with first level characters. You can only have a charcter play this once though.

https://warhorn.net/events/cincinnati/schedule/2014/04/20
http://ohiopfs.org/events/art-of-war-2014-04-20/

The Glass River Rescue *5-01
Tuesday April 1st
6-10 p.m.
Art of War on Beechmont Avenue Anderson Township
GM Russell

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Glad I got a chance to play with Vince at CincyCon. He's always a blast to have at the table, on either side of the screen.

Getting to play at a table Russell ran was an added bonus ^_^

Thank you Victor.

Wow Mike, I never lost one Cincinnati VL while VC. <grin>

Congrats Andy and Vincent was fun as a VL, He will be missed as such.

Helping others is what life is all about.

Great job!

Now I just wish Paizo had a mustering site so I could stop the warhorn/ohiopfs/facebook sign ups.

The map is drawn like it is a one square equals five feet but the legend says it is one square is ten feet. Did the artist not know what the size was when they drew the map?

Total tables, forty. We would have and could have more if I could have gotten more GMs. We keep loosing players after a couple of years or less, making it hard to move them into a GM position.

For a friend I have created encounter maps that can be printed on letter paper.

I had to drop the Eyes of the Ten. No one would sign up to GM and since Saturday’s game had zero players for part 1 it seems useless.

Still we have a lot of new scenarios at CincyCon 2013. I made sure I made a track that supports new characters so we can grab the occasional passerby from the convention floor.

We had around 20 tables last year it was a lot of fun. This year we are offering the Race for the Runcarved Key in hopes to get five tables. The big thing now is getting enough players. Same thing with my weekend of gaming next weekend. I need bunches of players for the two day modules event.

Walter Sheppard wrote:

Russell Akred wrote:

I am unable to locate the new Chelish ambassador’s name? If it is there can someone point it out to me please. The start of the game a player asked what is the ambassador’s name and I spent several minutes looking without success for it. Seemed like a major screw up when a main character is not even named prominently in the text.

I don't think the ambassador's name is ever given in the scenario. I just adlibbed when asked. =/

I hereby suggest that Wilhelm Armitage become cannon!

I was simply worried that my insanity was being exposed when I couldn’t find the name when no writer would write a scenario without having the name of a major character mentioned while mentioning several other NPCs’ names.

Sorry Brian and good luck at Winter Fantasy.

http://www.warhorn.net/cincinnati/schedule/day.php?date=2013-01-19

When I ran this for a table of five with one being a bard, it ran in about four hours. It might have been less except for me searching for the ambassador’s name several times.

I am unable to locate the new Chelish ambassador’s name? If it is there can someone point it out to me please. The start of the game a player asked what is the ambassador’s name and I spent several minutes looking without success for it. Seemed like a major screw up when a main character is not even named prominently in the text.

Russell Akred wrote:

Here is a GM sheet for keeping track of the party’s time at the embassy

Many thanks for posting this. How is it supposed to be used (the right side in particular)?

As stated before the right side are some small standees. Whenever strikes came up the little folded counters were hung on my GM screen. It allowed the tension to grow as they made their way through the embassy. It also allowed me to keep track of which room which players were in.

On the left side timer I forgot to add at 30 minutes that the ambassador will be talking with Amanda Lee in the foyer.

Saturday, Jan 19 2013
10:00am - 7:00pm

Pathfinder Module: Carrion Hill lvl 5
Pathfinder Module: Feast of Ravenmoor lvl 3
Pathfinder Module: The Harrowing lvl 9 FULL!
PFS #1-46: Eyes of the Ten Part I: Requiem for the Red Raven

Sunday, Jan 20 2013
10:00am - 7:00pm

Pathfinder Module: Curse of the Riven Sky lvl 10
Pathfinder Module: From Shore to Sea lvl 6
Pathfinder Module: The Midnight Mirror lvl 4

Ever want to set down and enjoy a module in one setting? Now is your chance! Modules supporting levels from 2 to 11 and the scenario Requiem for the Red Raven for level 12 means you are bound to find something you are looking for. Sign up today to be sure that adventure you have always wanted to play is there for you.

Hey Russell on the warhorn you have Eyes of the Ten Parts 2-4 listed but not Part 1.

Is this accurate?

Brian

Eyes of the Ten part 1 is offered January 19th 2013 at Eastside Games and Cards. I pulled it from the convention roster because the information I got was that it took up to 12 hours to run. That is why it is at Eastside Games and Cards for a weekend of gaming I am hosting.

http://www.warhorn.net/cincinnati/schedule/day.php?date=2013-01-19

If you can attend please sign up.

This year at CincyCon 2013 we will be offering over forty tables of gaming. Many the newest scenarios will be there along with the special Race for the Runecarved Key and the exclusive Day of the Demon. Register for the tables on warhorn and then get your convention badge at CincyCon.

The Dates are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of March 2013 with three slots on Friday and Saturday and two on Sunday. The convention is located in the large atrium at The Atrium Hotel and Conference Center, Located less than 1 mile south of I-275 at the Tri-County Mall Exit.
30 Tri-County Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246, Phone (513) 771-7171, Fax (513) 771-718

Special CincyCon hotel rate of $59 dollars per nite is available. In order to get this rate you must call into the front desk at (513) 771-7171 to make your reservation.

After registering for your games don’t forget to buy your convention badge at CincyCon. the cost of the badge is almost laughable at $10 a day or $15 for the weekend.

I just keep coming back to a question the PCs may ask, "Where is the Records Archive in relation to the area of the Chelish Embassy?” and I would not have an answer. It says it is secured behind several DC 30 locks and the alarm (which is never specified) on the main door. I understand it is level 1-5 but it is also very open ended except the information surrounding the final goal.

Has this effected any tables so far?

I kind of wish there was a way for players to remove strikes.

Here is a GM sheet for keeping track of the party’s time at the embassy

I had a great time running it with my players, and enjoyed the general "Mission: Impossible" feel of the scenario. The combat difficulty definitely makes it newbie friendly, and should provide a welcome break for some of the local players who have been complaining about the meatgrinders that Season 4 scenarios have been until now.

Definitely a fair amount of preparation should be done prior to running; there's a lot of rooms in the embassy proper, and it's very important to know what each of the rooms is filled with as you go, until you get to the Paracountess's chambers. From the Paracountess's chambers on, it's pretty straightforward; I'd just read the player handouts in advance to get an idea of how they're supposed to figure things out. The two probable combat encounters require zero preparation.

One minor quibble I had is that the scenario doesn't provide GMs with translations for the various player handouts. Not really a big problem, but I wanted to know what precisely was in the notes before my players did. (I and my players decided to run it on the spur of the moment, so I was unfortunately running it cold. And without handouts. *wince*) Anyway, the translated player handouts are below.

Here are the two handouts in more of a graphic form. Too bad they didn’t have layers on this pdf.

Seal Codes
Prisoner Codes

So wait now if I kill all the villagers because I think they are an old gods cult might have real effects?

There are games at Rockin’ Rooster off Glenway Avenue in Covendale run by Bill Norris. You can sign up at warhorn.net/cincinnati.

Thank you for the clarification. It is good to keep us up to date.

Mark inspired me to make this and bring it to GenCon. Players will be impressed.

In all honesty I do worry about Mark.

Mark you need to get some of the work off your plate so we... you can use that body for another few decades.