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Hey all. I am looking to run CoE as a PFS module. From what I have read on the forums, running the module as a non-PFS standalone adventure puts players at somewhere between 2nd and 3rd level by it's end so 1st level adventures will level up once, if not twice. PFS modules grant 3XP which would just put a party of 1st level players at 2nd level once the module is complete. How is a 1st level party supposed to finish the module without the aid of leveling up mid-module which is what the adventure seems to be designed for? Having read the module, I can see some serious issues if the party remains level 1 for the entire adventure.

I hope I am not covering old ground here. I did search the forums for an answer to this since it seems this would have already been addressed, but I came up empty.

Thanks in advance...

The recent "power outage" at Paizo is eerily similar to the last Super Bowl...

The biggest game is sports is on... The 49ers are getting the snot beat out of them... when suddenly a "power outage" disrupts the game for over 20 minutes... the power is miraculously restored and the game momentum swings the other way with the Ravens barely able to pull out a win...

I note the following eery similarities:

The first round of Superstar 2014 voting is closed... the judges are picking through the pile of submissions like 49ers panning for gold (pun intended)... all is going well until this post from Sean:

I've encouraged the judges to post their opinions here. Meanwhile, I'm doing some data analysis and will be posting some interesting tidbits in a few minutes. :)

...

Just a coincidence? I think not!

Why was Sean being so encouraging to the other judges?

Is data analysis some sort of NSA-esque shibboleth?

What exactly were these aforementioned tidbits that Sean was referring to?

And most damning, why the smiley emoticon? I took note that these were the very last characters typed before the entire website went down!

Is this some sort of sick Paizo kill-switch for the internet?

What do we really know about the freaks at Paizo anyway?

Oh, and I think my account is being monitored by Paizo so this may be my last post. If you don't hear from me again, don't say you weren't warned...

Please post your favorite conspiracy theories below...

It seems to me, that given the nature of many of the submissions I have seen, that the biggest fear of most of the item designers is death. Now I do understand the sentiment, really I do, but the reason the game is worth playing, besides the hootin' hollerin' good time that it is, is that there is risk. And bad things happen when you run up to a Minotaur at first level (the first and last encounter of a player right at the beginning of a PFS game - very sad - but we got over it).

So what gives?

I suspect it has to do with the modern notion that everyone is special and ought to be affirmed. And rewarded, not matter how dumb your choices are.

I blame the Soccer Moms for this.

Any thoughts?