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Every year the small town of Foghollow has a unique race during the Fall known as simply as the Coffin Race...Several different riders compete in this unusual race where each person brings their own horse, cart, and an empty makeshift or actual coffin. To win the race is simple, the participant needs to be the first person to get their coffin over the finish line. It isn't even unusual to have the winner not have their cart or horse able to make it. The race brings in a gambling aspect never seen in the area any other time and with that a much seedier group of people are often skulking around. The current mayor of the town won the race over a decade ago; He can be found in the pub nearest to the race start where he is all too willing to tell the tale of how he lost a few fingers and an eye...

A PACS adventure set up using the rules as outlined in The Dragon's Demand, 3 Aeteperax Redux, C: The Wandering Way. I will be running these at Tier 2 so that Tier 1, 2, or 3 characters can join.

If you have VTTS and want to participate in this custom adventure then head on over to the Mindscape Lodge.

One of the players in one PBP game loved to write a short novel just about each turn and so each of them were enjoyable to read. He would also do separate posts usually and some of this turns would have 3 or 4 posts as he switched between Aric and the Red Raven...this is only an example of two of his posts.

Aric and Red Raven
More Aric and Red Raven

Quinn's hero points is 2 due to spending one during the scenario.

Let me know if any corrections are needed.

5-4C: INAHIYI’S NIGHTMARE
Name Tier.XP / Deck Upgrade / Feat: Choice / Loot
Zova 4.5 / Spell 4 (Aspect of the Wolf) / None / Monkey
Mother Myrtle 4.5 / Ally 1 (Tinker) / None / No Loot
Flenta 4.5 / Weapon 4 (Thundering Earthbreaker) / None / Blessing of Besmar; Brine's Sting, Ederleigh Baines, and Immortal Dreamstone

Hakon picked bodyguard earlier but only because it wasn't the optimal choice.

Hakon is switching from warpriest+UI to Smash+Occultist+Divine
Conversion List:

Let me know if any corrections are needed

5-3E: Outsmarting the Flora
Name Tier.XP / Deck Upgrade / Card Feat: Choice / Loot
Zova 3.5 / None / None / Monkey
Mother Myrtle 4.0 / Item 3 / None / No Loot
Flenta 4.0 / None / None / Blessing of Besmar; Rekkish; Brine's Sting

close check DC 2: 1d10 ⇒ 2 passed.. barely

This is what I have so far. Let me know if any adjustments should be made. I listed what you took for loot from the start of this scenario so if there is anything I missed let me know

Some ambiguities/questions:
Zova didn't specify if tiering up or not..assuming she is but could be mistaken
Did Zova use any Hero points on this last scenario? I thought she had 2 or 3 going into this.
Zova and MM can pick another deck upgrade..if MM passes on blessing 2 then that is an option for Zova
Did MM take a Card feat for this adventure or does she already have one and gets another Hero point?
Flenta's Hero points was not listed above..please verify

Updated. If any issues, let me know:

Sounds spiffy!
I assume there isn't a restriction on multiple loot cards with same name at a table since the cards wouldn't be coming from the game box. Also, I would imagine loot cards in a character's deck doesn't interfere with either someone else taking a loot reward or for the person with the loot card in their pack to use the loot card from the box as well.

Also, it looks like the current rules support going back to original spec. I assume this means you have to go back to what you had before and doesn't allow to change decks for that character even if you have a reward that says you can use deck X with character Y. I also assume that someone can revert back and then choose different pack options for that character in between scenarios to try something different.

During This Adventure: See top for ships, S&S rules, and loot

Use the Feathered Devil as your ship (unless benefit used or ship seized).

During This Scenario: After building the location decks, shuffle together 2 Curse of the Deep barriers and a number of other barriers and a number of monsters each equal to twice the number of characters, then shuffle half of those cards into each location deck.
The difficulty to defeat Curse of the Deep is increased by the number of cards remaining in your location deck.
When you would banish Curse of the Deep, if there are other cards remaining in your location deck, shuffle it into your location deck instead. Otherwise, display it next to the blessings deck.
To win, both Curse of the Deep barriers must be displayed next to the blessings deck.

Additional Rules:

Story Banes
None

Scenario Level (#): 2

Turn: 4, MotherMyrtle/Redgar

Current Hour:

Hourglass

Location #1: Chapel
At This Location: If you play a spell that has the Divine trait, you may immediately draw a card.
When Closing: Banish a card that has the Divine trait.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, you may shuffle 1d4+1 cards from your discard pile into your deck.
M: 0 Ba: 0 W: 0 Sp: 2 Ar: 0 I: 0 Al: 1 Bl: 2 ?: 7
Located/Displayed Here: Flenta/eddiephlash, None

This is what I have so far. Let me know if any adjustments should be made. I listed what you took for loot from the start here so if there is anything I missed let me know

5-2D: IADUT
Name Tier.XP / Deck Upgrade / Feat Choice / Hero Points / Loot
Zova 2.4 / Item 2 / No Feat / 2 / No Loot
Mother Myrtle 3.1 / No Deck Upgrade/ Skill Feat (wis) / 3 / No Loot
Flenta 2.4 / Spell 0 / No Feat / 1 / Blessing of Besmar; Rekkish; Brine's Sting

Adowyn looks at the wares offered to her and glares at Falsin, "I am neither a wizard or one to use a sword. These wares will not work for me. Every time I came to this city it seems I have a mummified cat following me. You may not have anything I can use, but at least I can thank you from keeping me away from that odd undead feline."
Falsin brightens and brings out a scarab. "Please, take this..it will keep such unnatural beasts at bay."

Leryn slowly backs away from the merchant growling all the way.

This is what I have so far. Let me know if any adjustments should be made.

Name Tier.XP / Deck Upgrade / Feat Choice / Hero Points / Loot
Zova 2.2 / Item 2 / Power Feat(Evade) / 1 / None
Mother Myrtle 2.5 / Spell 2 / None / 3 / Rickety Hake
Harsk 2.2 / Item 1 / TBD / 1 (or 2) / None
Flenta 2.2 / Spell 1 / Power Feat (Hand size) / 1 / Rekkish

Many thanks to all of you for the wild ride! I look forward to playing in future games with each and everyone of you. I didn't get to do the whole season with my goblin but will eventually finish out the season with my original character Bekah.

In the meantime, I will be on the lookout for any upper tier specials or any type of one-shots.

The crew must either recharge an ally or discard a card for the 1 remaining structural damage from Mother Myrtle's turn

Mother Myrtle needs to roll plunder for defeating Sea Chanty.
Harsk's fox was instead recharged from stolen deck on Harsk' turn.

During This Adventure: See top for ships, S&S rules, and loot

Use the Feathered Devil as your ship.

During This Scenario: When building location decks, build a number of Riptide Cove locations equal to the number of characters. When adding the villain, put it on the bottom of the Sea Caves location deck.
After drawing starting hands, each character shuffles the top 3 cards of her deck faceup into a stolen pile next to the scenario.
When you defeat a bane, recharge the top card of the stolen pile into any character deck.
At the end of the scenario, banish any boons in the stolen pile.
Additional Rules:

Story Banes

Top of Blessing Discard Pile:

Blessings Deck

Location #1: Beach
At This Location: At the start of your turn, you may discard a card and recharge a random card from your discard pile.
When Closing: Each character at this location must bury a card.
When Permanently Closed: On closing, you may shuffle an item from your discard pile into your deck.
M: 1 Ba: 1 W: 1 Sp: 1 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Zvarbel/LucianCarter, None

Location #2: Sea Caves
At This Location: At the start of your turn, succeed at a Constitution or Fortitude 6 check or bury a card.
When Closing: Summon and defeat a random monster that has the Aquatic trait.
When Permanently Closed: No effect.
M: 2 Ba: 1 W: 1 Sp: 1 Ar: 1 I: 0 Al: 1 Bl: 2 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

Location #4: Riptide Cove
At This Location: If you would succeed at a check to acquire a boon, reroll the dice; the boon is acquire based soleley on the results of the second die roll.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Riptide Grindylow.
When Permanently Closed: Before closing, set aside any boons from this location deck. On closing, shuffle them back into this location deck.
M: 2 Ba: 1 W: 1 Sp: 0 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 2 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: Zova/Greenclaw, None

Location #5: Riptide Cove
At This Location: If you would succeed at a check to acquire a boon, reroll the dice; the boon is acquire based soleley on the results of the second die roll.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Riptide Grindylow.
When Permanently Closed: Before closing, set aside any boons from this location deck. On closing, shuffle them back into this location deck.
M: 1 Ba: 0 W: 1 Sp: 0 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 1 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: MotherMyrtle/Redgar, None

Location #6: Riptide Cove
At This Location: If you would succeed at a check to acquire a boon, reroll the dice; the boon is acquire based soleley on the results of the second die roll.
When Closing: Summon and defeat the henchman Riptide Grindylow.
When Permanently Closed: Before closing, set aside any boons from this location deck. On closing, shuffle them back into this location deck.
M: 3 Ba: 1 W: 1 Sp: 0 Ar: 1 I: 1 Al: 2 Bl: 0 ?: 1
Located/Displayed Here: None

A player just expressed interest in playing in my game. We currently have four players at the moment. Here is a link to that post.

https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivk6s/discussion&page=last

Some ground guidelines (not rules, but I encourage you follow them):

1. Communication Information:
-Use the Hangouts channel for strategy discussions, rules questions and the like.
-Use the discussion tab for Scenario rewards and other administrative items.
-Use the Gameplay tab for start of scenario information, turns and the like.
-If you’ve played PBP, you should know: it is always a good idea to ctrl-A,ctrl-C to copy your post before clicking Submit. You only have to lose one or two epic posts to the vagaries of the Internet before this becomes a habit.
-Bookmark your campaign page or this table’s main page so that the tabs display whether there are new posts. If you are using the Paizo campaign tools, then the campaign page is updated to more easily see if you have unread posts.

2. I will post the locations without cards so you can post starting location and starting hand. Unless you want to change it, the starting player of the next scenario will be the person who is scheduled to go next after the scenario conclusion.

3. With the exception of the initial post, don’t wait for me to post a scenario update before taking your turn. In general, I prefer to not post updates because they’re gigantic walls of text and get in the way of reading everyone’s great roleplay and what other people did on their turns and what cards they have available. I’ll post an update whenever decks are shuffled, locations are closed, a new page starts up, or if it’s simply just been a while (3-5 turns) when convenient to do so, but don’t expect me to be constantly posting them after every turn. When I do a refresh, I will try to post on the hangouts when starting it and when done.

4. Use your Notes wisely. The Notes section is a great way to share what cards are available for others to use, or if you have any relevant powers. I encourage you keep it up to date.

5. Bold actions that involve other players. If you’re using someone else’s card or if someone else at your location is impacted by something you do, bold that action and name that character so they don’t accidentally skip over it when skimming your post.

One option to help with some of the items above is to maintain a status sheet and use that (see resources below).

6. Include check types and difficulty in your dice tags. You should also list the outcome after the die roll; it helps when reading the post to make sure die roller is working as expected and everyone understands reasons for actions. One of these is far more readable than the other, and lets you know at a glance whether or not you succeeded without having to reference the other card: Combat 12: 1d10 + 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (1) + (1) + 5 = 7 Did not defeat Monster vs 1d10 + 1d4 + 5 ⇒ (6) + (2) + 5 = 13

7. If you are going to be unavailable for an extended period of time, please ensure that your deck handler is linked and available for other players, and provide instructions so that other players can bot your turn. I recommend putting the link in your alias Profile (put it in the Class line, and wrap it in the url tags so it turns into a link -- see "How to format your text" below the reply box for details on how to do that if you aren't sure)

8. There are no take-backs or retcons, with exception of invalid plays/turns and to a limited extent ignored instructions specified for other players. Use resources wisely, and keep in mind all the resources you and group have available and the other perks you get in Organized Play such as accessory re-rolls and die bumps.

Things that make gameplay smoother:
1. If a location is shuffled, you can continue to examine or explore cards in it by rolling a die to see which card you examine/explore. No need to wait on me to post an update first with the shuffled deck.
2. When encountering a card, be very explicit in what card you are encountering. This helps other players at the same location know where you left off so they don't accidentally encounter the same cards that you just got through and have to re-do their turn.
3. Use your Notes section to describe any cards or powers that can be used to assist other players on their turns and that you are willing to use. If you post that certain cards are available for use, state what the card does as well and/or make sure the information is available in your deck handler.
4. When something impacts another player (a power that affects all characters at your location, or you're playing one of their cards), bold that thing so that it stands out (and/or update State Sheet).

Things that make deck upgrades smoother:
1. Write a list of your 2-5 most desired deck upgrades, in order, and roll 1d1000 for each of them. Discussing loot distribution in Hangouts helps as well.
You can also post what you are looking for in your profile and/or Powers list to help people decide what resources to use when handling boons
2. That will let us look through those lists and see how we can get everyone their #1 preferred upgrade without lots of times lost in back-and-forth. If people are fighting over an upgrade, the d1000 roll is used to determine who gets it (highest roll wins).

Tools out there:
Paizo Campaign Tools for Chrome or
FireFox

General PbP ACG info Macro Coding to help with postings

Status Sheet to help with tracking info between BR refreshes
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hHU2H_cVJOTm_BTrhKu3U3m4dze0OGHwhrB kImQC3fI/edit#gid=0

Other Resources:
- [PFSACG] Flaxseed On Deck Adventure Card Guild Lodge
- Character sheet that adds a few things such as listing cards available in different piles as well as error checking when a card is added that is not in list and way to mark what cards are available for others to use

A fun update: We narrowly avoided a total party kill in our current Cosmic Captive scenario. My Grazzle will have healed 30 cards by scenario's end, including 11 on my upcoming turn.

So, I would disagree with the person who mentioned that CC might be playable without a dedicated healer. :)

I wasn't aware how deadly the special is but thought we needed a healer and since I already have 2 I really didn't want to make another one yet. I am so glad I took spell as card feat adding a 2nd cure before starting it up. One character almost died already and healing wasn't going to help much when a monster has BYA bury cards from top of your deck and then discard hand if you don't succeed.

Scenario
- 0-4B: Dinosaurs

Loot rolls
Choice #1 Armor 4: 1d1 + 1000 ⇒ (1) + 1000 = 1001 Stalking Armor (B) -> Steel Ibis Lamellar (3)
Goblins cheat and are not very good at it.

Tier 3.2
Tier Reward: Power Feat - No choice but Hand Size 8

Deck Upgrade
Stalking Armor (B) -> Steel Ibis Lamellar (3)

Ranzak spends several hours conversing with the others in trying to learn what and what not to do. He seems to have the greatest affinity with the lizardman and spent more time with him than others. Time will tell if the goblin is any wiser..

Used 0-4A scenario reward for skill feat: wis +1

When Bekah learned she had to keep searching the shipwreck graveyard for the Devil’s Deception and the wheel she showed her displeasure by throwing the first punch at the first mate to start an all out brawl on the ship. It may be logical to find the ship among all the shipwrecks but it is like searching for a needle in a haystack and because the gods are fickle and capricious, fate would not allow under any circumstances to have the ship be found there..but they just might.

And so it has been 3 days searching the area without finding anything of interest. Celeste stopped by annoying Bekah even more that she was going to hunt down the villain in the fog ridden areas nearby while she and the Thresher continued to search the area for Jalhazar's wheel. Bekah knew the crew were going to go crazy bored with such tedious detail searching; especially with all the excitement they have seen recently. What better way to get the crew riled up and then dressed down afterwards along with punishment for many to swab the deck.

Out of turn hand update. Bekah and Radovan will travel with Celeste when she moves away from Jungle.

The islands needing to be cleansed get less each day. It has been days since Bekah has seen the Naga Selissa at the Widowmaker's Isle. She was also bemused watching the inebriated Radovan and held her own drinking rum but always made sure to keep her wits about her. She is a good fencer in her own right but clearly Radovan is the better combatant and so learning what she can from him while he was not completely sober was useful in that he didn't even realize he was helping. "One of these days, I will need to take you up on seeing how the rapier Brine's sting against the aggressive merfolk of the area."

Radovan cleared out most of the dangers at the fort. All that was needed was to deliver the buckler that belonged to the grandfather of the admiral and once that was done the navy immediately sent out several ships to help with the current threat.

After a brief respite, the Thresher sailed on over to the vast jungle island where even more zombies and giants were found. Celeste was also there dealing with another ship and its pirate crew.

"I intend to help Grazzle over at Scar Bay. He has reported the area heavily infested with undead. There isn't much more ground for that Naga to go. Celeste, any ideas on where we will find her?"

Hand: Deathbane Light Crossbow +1, Besmara's Tricorne

Displayed:
Deck: 14 Discard: 0 Buried: 2
Notes: Cards in order available to use for my power and/or its ability with the preference of recharging over discarding if possible.
Besmara's Tricorne, , Deathbane Light Crossbow +1
Be sure to confirm before using card Deathbane Light Crossbow +1 and beyond

Fortunately your examines were at other locations..since I was already mid-turn I didn't want to change my actions unless needed to.

This is what my scouting uncovered at the start of Bekah's turn. Reposting here so it doesn't get lost in the gameplay thread:

- Top 3 cards of Atoll C are Blessing of Sivanah, Lightning Elemental (henchman), and Boatswain.

- Top 2 cards of Atoll B are Lightning Elemental (henchman) and Dead Man's Chest.

- Top card of Atoll A is Blessing of the Gods.

Howdy all...couple of questions:

1) When are we planning on resuming Season of the Shackles?
2)Retrocon I think is scheduled for Jan as signups are about to be opened. Will we be putting this game on hold during that?

Examine cards:
Vizier's Hill Card 1: Echoes of Confusion
It is now displayed next to Meliski.

Precinct of Left Eyes Card 1: Malfunctioning Deathtrap
Attempting DC 4 Perception with Maznar's assistance.

Untrained Skill Check (Perception) DC 4: 1d4 + 1d4 ⇒ (4) + (3) = 7 Success so not encountered

Meliski looks a little queasy as he mumbles under his breath and starts to head off in a random direction. "I drank ale with my friends. Almost everyone did. Sometimes I had too much ale. Sometimes others did. I liked ale. I still like ale," Meliski said. "I did not drink ale to the point of blacking out, and I never hurt anyone that didn't deserve to be hurt. There is a bright line between drinking ale, which I gladly do and which I fully embrace..." Meliski's words drift off as he heads away from the smoking den.

Meliski looked a little worried that his cousin isn't feeling that great and an idea formed in his head. "You lie down if ya need to Harsk! I am going to check the library to see if Ah can find anything about this mark you encountered." On the way to the library, Meliski encountered a small contingent of soldiers that looked mostly intact save for not having their commander. The platoon looked ashen and one of them said, "He was devoured by a ghoul! It..was...horrible..." One of the younger soldiers regurgitated at the retelling. "Look you sissies...no time to grieve..you need to go help who ya can in this area..Ah have heard about the training you all receive..and you are the best..now prove it!" The men appear to bolster at his words and see what they can do in the area to help. Meliski didn't get too very far in the stacks looking for anything that might help when the gaunt figure cloaked in darkness came rushing at him. Meliski let out a yelp and dove under the creature's legs, rushed around the corner of the large shelves and pushed with his legs and back as hard as he could to cause the stacks to topple on the creature. After the dust cleared, the creature was pinned under one of the large bookcases madly trying to escape. Meliski took up a shelf board and started knocking the creature senseless. "I got a code for you ta break..but first Ah am going to have to break your skull!" Some of the library staff helped as well and the creature finally stopped stirring.

A dwarf in well used but clean and quality travelling clothes runs by mumbling under his breath. "Ah am starting to think books can cause trouble as much as any beast! If only that ninja didn't run off...this would have been a lot easier! Bah! Who am Ah fooolin'! Having our wizard run off isn't helpful either."
The dwarf goes to another small group of people consisting of a female human paladin of Iomedae and 2 other male dwarves that look to be more comfortable hanging out in the forest rather than in cities or mines. "Ah'm glad to see other adventurers have taken up the call to help. With a bit of luck and gumption we can find this code book and turn the tide!" The troupe cautiously approaches and enters the vault as well.

[ooc]Good luck, Adventurers! Operation Bearded Storm will see what trouble they can muster.

Skizzerz,
Just noticed that Bekah was recipient of heal from Kasmir rather than Celeste. Since Balazar hasn't taken his turn yet is there any issue with Bekah declining heal and having Celeste receive instead?

Continuation of Turn (Turn 19)
Cat of Nine Tails DC11: 3d4 + 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (4, 3, 2) + (8) + 2 = 19 Whale is defeated

Discard Blood Periapt to reduce 1 acid damage from queen. Rolling Fortitude to Recharge.

Fortitude Check DC6: 1d8 + 2 ⇒ (6) + 2 = 8 Success

For Brinebrood Queen, bury Fireblade (rage) and recharge Cure (inspire) for 1d10 and 1d4

Cat of Nine Tails DC13: 3d4 + 1d8 + 2 + 1d10 + 1d4 ⇒ (3, 4, 4) + (1) + 2 + (5) + (4) = 23 Queen is defeated!

Recharge Rage Spell

Recharge Rage DC 8: 1d8 + 1 ⇒ (7) + 1 = 8 Success

Yo Ho Grindylow's is successfully completed!

The monks had another surprise for Bekah. In the back of the caves, a small whaling ship was stored. The ship needed a bit of work to make seaworthy so they spent all evening working on it. Before dawn and with the cover of night, the monks and Bekah take the ship to shore and attempt to sneak away from the island undetected but was not successful.
The large whale attempted to ram the boat and one of the monks fell into the water and was engulfed by the beast. Bekah took the harpoon on the boat and waited for the whale to strike again and heaved it at the beast striking it just above its right eye causing it to emit a high pitched squeal before it stopped moving.
Before the behemoth sank to the bottom of the sea, the queen was upon the boat and capsized it in a fit of rage and splash of acid. Bekah scrambled onto the hull that was upside down in the water and the queen rose out of the water and easily mounted the boat with her mass of writhing tentacles. "You have breathed the last breath for killing my precious pet pitiful Human!" Bekah lunged at the queen with a ferocity never seen before as she screamed at the beast almost as loud as the queen screamed. Bekah then was able to wrap several cords of her scourge around the neck of the aquatic goblinoid creature and got behind her to slowly squeeze her neck until she perishes. "I have many more breaths in me, Hellion. You on the other hand are through!" The surviving monks cheered and grabbed some paddles and helped to steer the boat back to shore.

As Celeste fought the Brinequeen and the largest whale ever seen, other monsters were sent to deal with the rest of the adventuring crew. A huge pillar of water erupted from the depths and attempted to capsize the goblin vessel. Bekah barked orders to the crew and cracked her scourge several times to get them to steer the ship away from the monstrosity and were able to outrun it.

Able to get away from the magical water beast, the ship sailed to the lagoon near the holy isle for a bit of respite from the caves and rough seas. Search parties were formed to search the isle and at this point the only thing discovered of note was a rotting scroll tube that had the remnants of a scroll but not enough of it remained to learn any magical knowledge from it.

Looks like banner remains from what I can tell.

It is mostly moot since the surgeon is actually AD 1 rather than AD 2. However, the rules appear to support a tier 1 character to get an AD 2 reward from the box. I found rules limiting to character tier but only for conversion of characters from Season 0.

From guide book pg 10:
If you are rewarded with a card from the box, instead take a random
card of the same type from your Class Deck box. The card’s
adventure deck number cannot be higher than that of the
scenario you completed. For example, if you just completed a
scenario in Adventure 2, and the scenario reward was a random
item from the box, take an item from your Class Deck that has
an adventure deck number no higher than 2. (If you don’t have
an appropriate card, you do not receive that reward.) Record the
rewards you received on your Chronicle sheet.

Edit: I did find a conflict between pgs 8 and 10 so not sure which one takes precedence. I suppose being able to take a reward higher gives a reason to play a higher tier.

From pg 8:
A character can never begin a scenario with any card
that has an adventure deck number higher than
her tier.

Boon roll after Midwife Crisis: 1d20 ⇒ 1

A boon! I will take Sea legs and assign to 12789-1002.

roll 5 for boon: 1d20 ⇒ 1

Hoody Hoo! I got a boon! I will select Liberty's Edge and apply to character 1001 Meliski.

...

After each demo, I'd like to hand out a one-page summary that provides links, suggestions, etc., for someone wanting to start OP. (I think there are community use PACG images that I can appropriate for this purpose?)
...
Finally, if a one-page recruitment/information handout already exists, it would be great if someone could post the link. :)

I would love to know if there is such a thing as well. I am participating in my first PFSACG game online as well as looking into organizing some games at a local store so such a handout would be very useful.

I have put together a few links mainly for online use but I also shared and collected a few that I think would be handy.

Other links

• Pregens
  
• 2 sheet summary guide
  
• Guide for New Players
  

Some of the links on Paizo I directed a few to include the rule book, the PFSACG guide, deck lists and character sheets. Errata for different sets could be useful as well (including the different sets of errata for the 2 different printings of RotRL). Also, if any players get hooked enough to buy their own sets to play the Adventure Path for that sets, folks at Boardgame Geeks have an adventure guide that helps weave a more verbose and compelling story in order to tie the scenarios together.

Sounds good! Very excited to try Reiko and to see the other characters in action!

Looking forward to play this as well and meeting the others as well. I was able to recruit a friend and my brother to play in this. Just to get an idea of where the 3 of us stand, here is some info:

Zalarian
Pathfinder Adventure Experience: I recently inherited RotRL with all 6 adventure packs and S&S with half of the adventure packs. I have played the first couple of scenarios of each a few times. Also played the digital version.
PFSACG Experience: This will be my first time playing in PFSACG. I played Pathfinder RPG organized play many years ago and likely the reason I already had a Paizo account. After just learning about this, I am looking to organize a PFSACG group at a local store and have just begun the process. I have played and organized adventures in older organized play games such as LFR and LG and played both of those online using map and chat tools.
PBP and Paizo Forum Experience: Only began using forums. Using the aliases and profiles is a new experience me but once started using it it seems pretty cool. I was initially bummed that avatars had to use pre-selected ones and the search capabilities need enhancements but I became a happy camper once I installed the chrome Paizo forum plugin another poster submitted.
Google Sheet Experience: Have only casually used sheets in the past. Since I am proficient with Excel and programming, I recently did make some tweaks to one of the deck sheets to include changes such as some dupe and error checking of cards.

TheGreatNateO
Pathfinder Adventure Experience: He has played several times with me using the sets above and the first couple of scenarios. I believe he also played the digital version.
PFSACG Experience: This will be his first time playing in PFSACG. He did find the process of finding information scattered as I had to have him sign up at Paizo, download documents from Paizo such as character sheets and card lists, and rules and the like, follow a thread, the Flaxseed document, and learn how to use the sheet program. I spent a session with him to help create his deck as well as using the spreadsheet. I don't believe he has any organized play experience but has played RPGs in the past.
PBP and Paizo Forum Experience: He recently signed up for this.
Google Sheet Experience: From what I can tell, has only occasionally used sheets but should be fine.

Jake_Bloom
Pathfinder Adventure Experience: He has never played a F2F game od P. He started going through the tutorial on the digital version.
PFSACG Experience: First for him as well as well as providing him the firehose of information. I also spent a session with him to help create his deck as well as using the spreadsheet. His organized play experience has been limited to only a few times when we played online for LFR.
PBP and Paizo Forum Experience: He recently signed up for this.
Google Sheet Experience: From what I can tell, has only occasionally used sheets but should be fine.

FWIW: back when we were playing in OutPost I started doing some of my own customizations, ...

Should anyone want another modded version, I started playing around with the spreadsheet Parody created to learn what Sheets can do and made a few changes. I didn't delve deep into the character creation but did want something to display errors if found. Please note that I am still in the process of refining it, so if one finds it useful and finds a problem, please let me know.

Deck Handler, Modded by Zalarian

Changes I have made include the following:

• Updated card counts to take cards on top into consideration
  
• Added warnings when certain fields are being edited
  
• Added warnings when dupes or unrecognized cards are found
  
• Added a way to easily number cards available for other players to use as well as specify at which point to confirm.
  
• Added additional spoilers to show contents of buried, discarded, and the like
  

Sample below:

Hand: Fox, Cure, Blessing of the Gods 3, Codex, Longspear

Displayed:
Deck: 8 Discard: 1 Buried: 1
Notes: Cards in order available to use for my power and/or its ability with the preference of recharging over discarding if possible.
Fox, Codex, Cure, Blessing of the Gods 3
Be sure to confirm before using card Cure and beyond

A young dwarf enters the tavern, leaves his spear by the door and says, "Och! Finally good to get inside and get a mug of ale, my travelling stash ran out the first day..or was it the first hour? No matter, my name is Meliski and I came here to meet up with my cousin Harsk and some wizard. Once we are united together, we will be looking for a few more adventuring types to see what trouble we can find and/or stop.".

The dwarf sits down and scans around the place looking pretty satisfied with the place.

"Once this place gets hopping, remind me to sing a song or two I learned from another bard by the name of Zian Stoneshaper."

Greetings all!
I somehow wandered over here by finding the reddit post on the matter and since I have recently played a few of the early RotR and SS scenarios I would try the online version.

As I am new to this, I must say I was a little confused on using the deck handler sheet reading the instructions. However, once I read the rules document this cleared up quite a bit on how to use the spreadsheet and how to roll dice.

I have also asked a few folks to try and sign up in the same game so fingers crossed if a few of them decide to join. Looking forward to playing this!