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Hello all,

So Kingmaker 2E as designed has more encounters than a party using the standard advancement track will need in order to progress, and the Adventure Path recommends using the Slow Advancement Track if you want to spread things out more.

Because I was curious about this, I counted up all the fixed sources of XP that could be found between Lady Aldori's Manor and the death of the Stag Lord, and found that were was 3,630 EXP, just enough to take a Slow Advancement party to Fourth Level assuming they do literally everything to do in the chapter (get in every fight, complete every quest, etc) and don't have any random encounters (which will, admittedly, mess with the math in unpredictable ways.

My question as I try to figure out how to manage the EXP track from here on out (my PCs are currently exploring the Greenbelt), to those more familiar/experienced with Kingmaker and the 2E Adventure Paths in general, is "Is this slower pace worth it?" What do y'all feel is added or lost by this more "completionism required to advance" mindset versus the chance of either having more powerful characters/needing to adjust difficulty on my end/missing some areas and quests, and what would you recommend for other groups?

Had my first session last night. We're still in the Aldori Manor, but we're having a blast, from our Barbarian having a push-up contest with Amiri and our Investigator being incredibly down bad for Jaethal. I'm so excited for next week.

So what's going on with folks? My girlfriend hasn't woken up yet, so it's been a pretty quiet morning.

I'm personally working on stuff for a session I'm running this Saturday with the basic premise of "Lost Underground City of Bat People." I'm worried it won't be good, but then I worry about that with every session and it turns out okay, so fingers crossed.

How are you this post Boxing Day day?

Man, it has been a hot minute, but I guess I won again.

Approximately 1/3 of a Tacticslion.

Honestly, this whole "New Edition" thing has been kinda surreal for me. Pathfinder was the second session of a tabletop game I played ever, I got really into PFS for a good chunk of middle and high school, got more books than I could comfortably fit into a medium-sized suitcase, and now there's a new edition. My dad played 1st Edition D&D when it was new, and I've taken inordinate amounts of joy in going through all of his old gaming stuff, listening to his stories, and I'm realizing that eventually whatever kids I have will probably end up doing the same thing with me.

So that's my current thoughts on Pathfinder Second Edition: it makes me feel old. I'm probably not going to buy it for a while, but that's more because I'm a broke college student and everyone on campus plays Dungeons and Dragons anyway, so it's kinda moot.

I have been playing this game for six years and I still can't tell you how crafting works.

TURTLES THOUGHT PREVIOUSLY DEAD IN MUTAGEN SPILL RISE AS UNDEAD, EAT FLESH OF LIVING
"I mean, I guess it's frightening, but they're turtles. They were slow before, and now as zombies they're even slower."-Dr. Phillip Iknowit, Zombombologist

"NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK" RELEASE NEW ALBUM FOUND TO MELT THE FACES OFF THOSE WHO LISTEN TO IT
"Still better than 'No Promises'" says survivor.

EVERYMAN GOES ON GREAT ADVENTURE, SAVES WORLD, IS PROMPTLY FIRED
"If we make an exception for him, everyone will suddenly start saving the world!" his boss said.

NEAPOLITAN ICE CREAM TO BE DISCONTINUED AFTER 2021
Officials cite it "just being really inefficient to jam all three flavors into a single container."

ELEPHANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA BUILD OWN SHIP, SWEAR PIRATICAL VENGEANCE AGAINST IVORY TRADERS
When asked why, their leader simply said "An elephant never forgets."

0% of Americans Enjoy the Great Taste of Charleston Chew, Pew Poll Suggests
CEO expected to respond to crisis later this week.

Have you considered Magus? It has both casting and melee potential.

Star Wars and Star Trek to Merge Into One Cinematic Universe
"This is mostly just to shut up the people who argue over whether the Enterprise could beat a Star Destroyer," Disney executive said.

Invaders from Outer Space Touch Down in Washington, Immediately Leave
Aliens reportedly said "Shoot, no intelligent life here either?" before leaving.

Original Can of Coca-Cola found in abandoned factory in Peshtigo, Wisconsin
Company advises against opening it, as the soda inside has likely fermented into an anthrax-like liquid.

Star-crossed Lovers Take Their Life in Verona, Italy
The incident appears to have started a gang war in the city streets. Police Chief Escalus declined to comment.

Goofus is very eager to subject his players to a trial. By fire.

Gallant trusts that his GM is always acting in the best interest of the game, and is willing to go with the flow when it makes for a better story.

Good Will Punting-A college professor decides to help a troubled janitor who's incredibly skilled at football.

Is that really a better question, though?

After his players got tired of being harassed by strangers, Goofus now write his mother's name and number next to "For a good time call"-twice a week.

Gallant bought a Game Master's Guide to help improve his skills, and learned a few new tricks from it.

"Mother of All Spiders" Destroys Hoboken, New Jersey
Several former residents report feeling a "sense of inner peace" after city's destruction.

Who are you to judge him for it?

Nutella CEO announces bid for US Presidency in 2020
Early polling puts him at 32% lead

I don't know. Can I?

Honeymooning Couple Accidentally Annexes Lichtenstein
"It's actually not that much power-there's like six people here, counting us." says new King Brad I of House Grady

TED (Tired and Extremely Dangerous)

Many A True Nerd did his own Level 1 Lonesome Road. The series is almost finished up, now. Just thought I'd post it.

So, um...I kinda realized today that I'd missed a whole month of Treefort.

Sorry about that. Time has been flying for me since the semester started.

It was cloudy when I passed under it, but it was still neat to see all the pictures!

I so wish I could buy this town!

Someone else beat you to it. But hey, at least we know now how Nipton became a den of sin and vice!

lucky7 wrote:

Middle Zealand, a lush, green paradise, where young Hogwarts symbologists fight orcs in the hills in the hopes of claiming the Iron Throne.

That sounds like a combination of Harry Potter, The hobbit, The Summoner, and something else I'm not sure on

It's got Game of Thrones (and I've never read The Summoner.)

DEMIJOHNS OF LIQUID NOW ALLOWED PAST AIRLINE SECURITY.
Says world, "What's a demijohn?

102. ...nobody told you that kenders needed to breathe!

I laughed so hard no sound came out.

102) Bring back a villain that had previously killed a PC, only with a few levels/templates slapped on for good measure.

PRINGLES REVEALED TO BE MADE PRIMARILY OF SAWDUST AND CHILDREN'S NIGHTMARES.
"Is anyone really surprised?" says CEO.

Treppa wrote:

For some reason, I got onto the 1970 Altamont concert featuring the Stones. You know, the one where they hired the Hell's Angels do to concert security, and the Angels stabbed and stomped a poor kid to death?

Rolling Stone magazine did an article right away, before much of anything was known, so it was a lot of color and quotes from musicians and bystanders. Holy crap, I forgot how the "in-crowd" talked during that time. Groovy, bad vibes, cat, old man, old lady, bummed, bad trip, etc. The article reads as rather ridiculous now, despite the grim contents.

It reminds me of Nine Princes in Amber, which also contains some super-dated prose.

Groovy, man.

I still talk like this... *looks around in confusion at the modern world*. Heavy, man. Heavy.

Schway.

Ragadolf wrote:

(Sung to the tune of 'Johnny B Good')

Far Far from Louisiana and warm New Orleans,
Way up north among the cold and screams...

...Screams?

Seems pretty accurate.

Middle Zealand, a lush, green paradise, where young Hogwarts symbologists fight orcs in the hills in the hopes of claiming the Iron Throne.

Finished the Project: Nevada game (independent, as always.) It was fun, and a nice change of pace, but I think I'm going back to vanilla (save a sprint mod.)

EDIT: Also fough Rawr for the first time. Three flares to the head and half a magazine of Minigun and he was down for the count. One of these days I'm gonna assault the Promentary.

Speaking of the Minitemen, I found out today that Sturges is a synth. If you console command his invincibility away, he drops a synth part when you kill him.

Ladies and gentlemen, yours truly has officially graduated high school!

What if it's the first word of the sentence?

It still doesn't have a capital. It's bad punctuation, I know, but I'm standing by my decision, gosh darn it!

What do you mean, Lucky Seven?

That is both hilarious and rage...filling...y.

My petty grievance today is that people keep typing my username as "Lucky7" instead of "lucky7." I completely understand that they're trying to be respectful/use proper punctuation, and I appreciate that, but, to quote the Ting Tings, "That's not my name."

Well, if you're all having fun, my first advice is "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

My other thought is...there's plenty of monsters that don't attack Armor Class, although I can't think of any off the top of my head. These could function as excellent "support" monsters.

My final thought is, worst comes to worst, have a gentleman's agreement to sell your armor for a higher value than normal and use the extra cash to kit up with more interesting stuff (potions, scrolls, supplies, etc.)

Tarik Blackhands wrote:

Hell, with the wraiths (or shadows or wrymwraiths) you need to ask how the entire world isn't largely an undead infested wasteland of gloom and despair.

Maybe it is.

Maybe all adventures are just the hallucinations of the few remaining living survivors, as they huddle in the darkness, waiting for the inevitable. The bravery of heroes, the power of the gods, the astounding arcana of wizards... all of it, merely the last ditch effort of destroyed minds to find some madman's measure of victory in a lost cosmos...

Umbral Apocalypse?

It always surprises me how old everyone else on the boards is: I only turned 17 just under three months ago. (Started posting in 2012, so I'm fairly young on that front, too.)