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My group said the puzzle box was the most fun they’d ever had. Remember that every time the party misses they shatter objects or otherwise destroy the room. They loved the gremlins, and found the havoc they wreaked on the many priceless objects on display in the room hilarious. I came up with a good-sized list of things they destroyed due to the bad luck powers; it was a mini-tour of Golarion and the Society’s adventures.
It all dependant on how many minis we're talking about - I currently have about 20,000 minis that I'm organizing and preparing doubles for sale. I have 3 Ikea Billy bookcases, that I bought inexpensive drawer-pulls and Home depot shelves, and gave the shelves the ability to pull like a drawer without a lip. I've found I can fit about 3 wizkids sets per shelf. That sounds like a great setup. I probably have an order of magnitude fewer—probably 1,500 to 2,500.
Organized Play is very active in Portland. Check out the Guardians of Pathfinder Facebook page and sign up on Warhorn.
We're talking a very small percentage of PFS/SFS players. My estimate is <1%. Most people with these kinds of things would not risk a public organized play and instead play home games where the GM knows what issues he/she is dealing with. What exactly do you base that estimate on? Approximately 1 in 10 people have serious phobias, and nearly as many are struggling with PTSD at any given time.
SO, the obvious question: Where does one go to start playing? Do you download it now (like you have to do with every other godsdamned thing these days, I guess it's fair for an MMO, but otherwise I HATE THAT), or do I break out the discs and reinstall? See the link in my first post. It's the second post on this thread. Let me know if you have any questions.
Go to your account. You'll find a section for My E-Tickets. Select Manage E-Tickets and choose to transfer one of the tickets you have. Enter her ID and it will search for her Paizo account. I'd call customer service if there is any question about whether you're transferring it to the correct account.
“Exhibit Hall” is overstating it, but yes, there is a store at the convention. It will have Paizo stuff and some third party sellers, and every year I’ve gone the featured artist has a booth and does character commissions. The Paint and Take is there. You just show up and paint. All of this is centrally located. You won’t be able to miss it. It’s right next to the registration area and across from the main ballroom where PFS is held.
Yeah, it doesn't seem like there were any heroes in chapter 1 of this story. Well, except for whoever handed over the code in the first place. The guy who leaked the whole deal in a detailed video seemed, in my opinion, to be a bitter guy who'd been happy to go along with everything until he got booted from the private server. And the vitriol spewed at the owner of the private server also went far beyond any rational response; he claims he received death threats and the like. Now that the code is out, it's calmed down a lot. There is some infighting between the primary group that has 4 or 5 servers up and some of the others, around claims that that primary group (the Homecoming team) is not sharing all the code needed to run the I25 server and are trying to control things in their own way. And some disputes over how to fund the operation of these servers. But there are multiple servers up. The primary team, Homecoming, has 4 or 5 servers up with character transfers and nearly as many people as I'd see when the game was officially live. It's relatively stable. The /coxg/ server hosts a few hundred people. It's a bit lawless, as it's run by folks from 4chan, I think. It's very likely that in the near future there will be a deployable server that anyone can run on relatively standard hardware and host a game for a small group of friends. So things are looking up. If any of you hop on, I'm pretty sure my global handle is JohnnyFlux. Look me up. I'll see you in Paragon City.
Dude's a hero (pardon me, Hero). Perhaps I'm missing something, but it doesn't sound to me like he deserves any 'hate' whatsoever. I assume he did the best he could to save a game that was supposed to have been murdered by Corporate. My best understanding is that over the course of the six years, the person who ran the server (not an NCSoft employee—the person who turned over the code remains anonymous) directed a campaign of misinformation and personal attacks at people who suggested the server existed. I had heard it was back, but I didn't know about all of this backstory. I'm astounded that a private server has been running for ~6 years and it was kept a secret, considering the amount of devotion surrounding that game. I wonder what "heavy-handed tactics" were employed. I wasn't there first hand, but by all accounts the behavior was pretty reprehensible. It apparently got nasty. Lots of gaslighting, casting people who suggested the server existed as liars and frauds. Participants in the private server may have astroturfed the discussions claiming that it was crazy to suggest a server existed. He installed a batch of collaborators as moderators in the COH Reddit forum and had topics deleted and people banned. Basically, a coordinated attempts to demonize and discredit anyone who knew it existed. Some of it has been reported by various gaming sites.
It's legit. I've played quite a bit. The alleged story is that someone, assumed to be a disgruntled developer, passed the source code for Issue 24 and the character database to someone shortly after shutdown. That person kept it secret and has run a private server for the last 6 years or so, even developing some enhancements in an Issue 25 release with new powersets and an archetype. The private server players engaged in some heavy-handed tactics to keep it secret. It leaked about a month ago and prompted a huge backlash by the community. The guy behind it got a lot of hate and has released the code. There are now at least 4 groups working on creating a deployable build. At least two groups are running servers, the Homecoming team and the /coxg/ team. There's some infighting going on, which you can safely ignore and just go play for now. So far, NCSoft has been quiet. There are two launchers right now. Most seem to be using the Tequila launcher from the SCORE team.
Here's something to put in the backlog for next year's PaizoCon. The filtering seems to have some bugs and is missing some useful criteria. There seem to be a number of cases where the filters get dropped or reset. I saw this when I selected next or last, but I can't consistently reproduce it. I'd like to be able to filter for PFS only, games I'm registered for, and by morning/afternoon/evening/night slots. And please, a filter for events with open slots.
1) Its effects are noted to cover the whole of the Spires of Xin-Shalast, but I don't know if it's specifically mentioned anywhere that this extends into the extraplanar Eye of Avarice.... Or is it intended that PCs who find out Karzoug's identity early in the adventure path should be able to peek into the Eye of Avarice with no more than normal difficulty for scrying on a powerful NPC in an extraplanar space? Either way, frankly I'd never let Karzoug fail that will save. My players greatly enjoyed the reveal of Karzoug upon Mokmurian's defeat and I wouldn't let anything spoil that. But yes, I'd say that the barriers to scrying extend to the Eye. 2) Does possession of a Sihedron medallion or Sihedron ring allow a character to bypass the occluding field's otherwise absolute barrier to divination effects, or does it 'merely' protection the character from the field's other effects (teleportation block, vertigo, damage, wisdom drain, blindess)? I can't imagine any reason why Karzoug would make it easier to scry on him through those objects. In my game, they provided protection from the physical effects only. I didn't see anything in the AP to suggest otherwise. I'm toying with the idea that a Sihedron ring protects the wearer from all of the occluding field's effects, while the less-powerful Sihedron medallion does not - from an in-setting perspective, I feel as though Karzoug wouldn't carelessly hand out items that, if captured, would allow... Xin-Shalast can be a bit of a slog. The occluding field wasn't a particularly fun thing, and there really isn't any reason to make it a major plot point. The main thing it does is it potentially forces some of them to wear the Sihedron medallions, which provides some entertainment when Karzoug speaks through their voice.
(some systems, like ranking your top 3 as separate numbers and then all the others as "1" could work better if you assumed you would always get top rank in the lottery but would completely leave you stranded in almost any other situation) Do you say this because you assume those 1s have some kind of priority that's being ignored? That's pretty close to how I rank. I usually have one or two things that I'm really excited about and want to be certain that's where the system looks first—I almost always have a single 4, because nothing else is equivalent to that in terms of my preference. I usually have a single 3 as well, I'll have a couple 2s, and a bunch of 1s. I don't understand why that would leave me stranded in any situation, given that I really don't care which of the 1s I'd get. Am I missing something here? Even assuming I'm last in the lottery round, I think I'd still want them to see if my 4 is available, then my 3, before randomly selecting between open 2s or 1s.
I don't think anyone is trying to game the system. They're trying to understand how it works and how to best articulate their preferences to the lottery system. There's nothing insidious in that. There are only 4 priority levels. It's very likely people will find more than 4 games they're interested in a given day. Why is it odd that people might ask for advice on how to approach that situation?
The ACG games you are talking about are on different days, so I'd rank each of those a 4. If you'd like to try an RPG game and see one that interests you, rank those 1 to 3. That way, if there is an opening in the ACG you'd get that; if not, the lottery assignment will drop down in ranking levels until it finds an opening for you.
Hello. I just received the email about the lottery events, but I have 2 tickets and was wondering if the ratings I set for each event apply to both tickets or just the one with my name on it? I just want to make sure my wife and I can play at the same tables. You need to transfer the ticket to your wife. You won’t get double sign ups having two tickets on your account. My girlfriend and I go through and just mirror our preferences for the lottery. There is a buddy system, but we don’t use it. It’s best, in my opinion, for situations like attending with a minor where you’d rather not play that have one of you play alone. The buddy system significantly reduces your chances of getting into the high demand games, since you MUST have two openings at a table for either of you to get the slot. (This is offset a bit by the fact that you’re increasing your chances that one of you will show up early in the list while assigning slots.) We did the buddy system our first year and got none of our highest preference games. Every year since, we line up our selections and then trade for games to play together. But most of what we play together are PFS games that we get through open registration. We usually only get one ticket to things like James Jacobs’ games.
When I look at the listed Pathfinder events, say on Saturday. I see a bunch of games 8am-1pm, then only 3 Pathfinder Society games in the afternoon/evening. Can someone clarify what Tom said above - specifically, will there be a bunch more games listed after pre-reg ends? The "but that doesn't mean they aren't pre-registered" leads me to think that they would be listed here... They are listed there. All the items that have no rating shown for the lottery and say “signup not open” will open up after the lottery ends.
There will be a lottery for high demand events—games run by authors and developers, a small subset of PFS games, games offered by third parties, Pathfinder 2 preview games, etc. The schedule will get posted for us to take a look, and then the lottery will open. In the lottery, you'll rate things based on how badly you want to play it. It's used solely to communicate to Paizo your order of preference during the lottery. They'll randomize a list of all of us in the lottery, then work down the list. When they get to your name, they'll look at your number 4 rated event. If there is an opening, you're in. If not, they look at your number 3 rated event, etc. If you have more than one at a rating, you'll randomly be assigned one. I believe they go through the whole list, then re-randomize and repeat until that day's events are full. My personal approach—I'll only have one thing rated 4, so it's clear that Paizo consider that before anything else. I'll try to have only one thing ranked 3, but have sometimes had 2. At the 2 ranking, I start having more events where I'd be fine getting any of them. I still try to limit that level to 3 events or so. Rank 1 is where everything else I'd like to play ends up. Remember that rating something highly doesn't increase the probability you'll get in, it just tells Paizo your order of preference. Rating a bunch of things a 4 doesn't help. If just means that when your turn to be assigned something comes up, Paizo won't know what you want most. Most PFS games and panels are part of open registration. When the lottery results get posted, open registration will begin. You'll be able to sign up for PFS events, and grab any open slots in lottery events that didn't get filled. At the same time, trading will open up, so people will be able to offer an event slot and specify what they want in exchange.
1) I've been playing this game for a long time, but I still don't know what is the current official Pathfinder standing when it comes to Hit Point calculation. When I calculate hit points for my Cavalier, do I take 10 on d10 every time I level up or do I approximate rolling and take 6 on d6 every time and add the CON modifier? He's now level 12 and his CON modifier is +1. For the life of me, I still don't know if he should be at 94, which is my calculation using that d6 method, or considerably higher. It's a d10 hit die class. You get 10 + CON at level one, then roll d10 + CON at each level. Many simplify that and take the average roll, rounded up. PFS does this. There is no d6 involved. My math puts him at 10 (level one hit points) + 66 (average-ish level 2 - 12) + 12 for CON. 88 hit points. 2) When it comes to animal companions, is the formula for their HP calculation Hit Dice x 4.5 plus Hit Dice x CON modifier or am I also crippling my horse by some half-baked method of calculation? I don't do a lot of animal companions, but pretty sure they get the average of the hit die + CON. 3) What this table would suggest is adding those numbers on every level. No, it's giving you the adjustment for that level. So if you needed to roll up a level 12 character, you wouldn't have to go back through all the previous levels to see what the total should be. So the increase at level 12 with only be +1, the increase over the bonus at level 11.
This will be my sixth PaizoCon. Every year I've attended, the featured artist had a booth and was selling art and I think have always offered character sketches. I expect that if he's doing them, slots for character sketches by Wayne will fill up fast. Go early if that's something you're interested in.
The lack of communication with their own Customer Service is just strange and short sighted. I don't find it that strange. They've said they're trying to find some kind of resolution. Most of the information that's being demanded is likely confidential (I get that people want to know why Paizo said they had confidence in Ninja Division despite the red flags, but I think it's extremely unlikely they're ever going to share what was discussed in private negotiations) or sensitive if they're working with Ninja Division toward some resolution. Sharing that information with Customer Service puts that team in a terrible position. They can then say they know, but can't tell you. Or they can lie and say they don't know. I'd never put one of my teams in that position.
DM says i have to prep my song using a standard, move, or swift. Then on my next turn the song actually gives bonuses. Can anyone confirm this please? There is no such thing as "prepping" your performance. Those actions are the actions required to start your performance. Bonuses are granted immediately once you've started, just the same as if I'd spent a standard action to cast a spell.
My group enjoyed the mystery. Spoiler:
They'll get a lot of revelations at Jorgenfist; I don't think you need to start revealing things to them right now. They heard the name Karzoug from the imprisoned demon at the dam, as the wizard who trapped him. But they had no idea who Karzoug was or that he was the villain until after Mokmurian's defeat.
I don't think introducing Svevenka or Xin-Shalast would have been a good idea for my group—the existence of Karzoug and Xin-Shalast was the big reveal of their trip to Jorgenfist. They'd have wanted to know why Svevenka couldn't just tell them how to get to Xin-Shalast if she knows of them and their quest. As for motivation, who need to know more about what the player is thinking, I guess. My group cooperates with the plot; they were willing to assume the role of people who'd come to like the town of Sandpoint. They would probably have introduced a new character as a survivor of the raid who had lost a family member.
I'd think this falls under the section on Death in the Guide. He can be raised by a character of appropriate class and level seated at his table by paying all costs associated with the resurrection. This doesn't seem any different than if you were a cleric casting Raise Dead.
I've figured out the Vancaskerkin family tree but haven't published it yet. It's ... complicated. But answering your three questions specifically... Thanks! Follow up question—does it give you any satisfaction to know that answer is better than anything I imagined you would say? :-)
Hi, James. I love the appearance of the Vancaskerkins throughout the APs. My group is now doing Shattered Star after completing Rise of the Runelords. Spoiler:
They were pretty murdery when they started. They slew Orik without a word. But by the end of Rise, one had asked to shift his alignment to good and they'd really gotten into being heroic. They took it kind of hard when Natalya told them one of the many reasons she ended up in her situation was the sad death of her younger half-brother, who'd been killed while mixed up with some crazies up in Sandpoint. I'm sure I haven't read everything they've appeared in, so I'm having some trouble piecing together the family tree. I hope this can count as one question, although there are some specific parts of it. The question is, can you help fill in some of the family relationships, if they've been revealed somewhere? Some of the main things that I haven't found answers to: Spoiler:
1. Natalya is the daughter of Adreea, but who is the mother of Orik and Verik? The unnamed (as far as I can tell) second wife, or the third wife Bertrida?
2. Lullaby is mentioned as being raised by Saul but actually being the daughter of his brother. Is that Damon, or is there another unnamed brother? 3. Any other Vancaskerkins out there that have been published? Thanks!
Most PFS games are not part of the lottery, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t pre-registered. After the lottery ends, you’ll be able to sign up for PFS in open registration. Slots will fill up for some scenarios, so jump on it as soon as registration opens to get scenarios you can play together. At the con, you’ll show up and can self-organize or get assigned to tables in your tier. Run whatever you bring; there’s no need to have an inventory of classes available. If the party mix seems really terrible, there will almost certainly be a PFS regular at your table who has multiple options to choose from.
Of course, now I have to head over to the Shattered Star thread and get to work there. Here's my next 3D model.
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