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Additional feedback for consideration.

Having been forewarned by the various comments here and elsewhere, my surprise disappointment was realizing the box is too tall to stand on the shelf with my other adventures. Sigh.

It still fits in a Kallax! Oh no, what kind of shelf is it too tall for? This may feel small, but it's great feedback!

While I have my board games on Kallax shelves, my RPG books and adventures are in Billy bookcases. The box is taller than the hardbacks for which the shelves are adjusted.

Additional feedback for consideration.

Having been forewarned by the various comments here and elsewhere, my surprise disappointment was realizing the box is too tall to stand on the shelf with my other adventures. Sigh.

With Rani's attack, the red swarm dissipates as a deep purple mist, leaving behind no remains.

As soon as Jasmine thinks about the unusual effectiveness of single target attacks, the blue swarm seems to blur and shift and the resolidify.

I will resolve Jasmine's round a little later. I'd like to allow time to review actions if you choose.

Apologies for accidentally posting as Walter Echo earlier in game. I don't know why the default changed and Walter is in another PbP. I often have fewer brain cells than I'd like available when playing.

Along those lines, if you would be kind enough to provide vs EAC or vs KAC for your attacks, I would appreciate it. I know most times it is obvious, but like I said, limited brain cells, which leads to wasted time as I think about it and go back between the post and the PDF.

Thanks.

My store didn't get a kit in time and asked me to run starfinder and pathfinder. So umm I'm at a loss on what to do.

Would it work to run last year's Pathfinder or one of the quests, and one of the SF2 Playtest adventures?

Thank you all (and the rest of the team) for more great content.

I looked into GMing an event and contacted the regional rep for Georgia. He said that as a registered GM i can get the modules for free. I am ready to take up running the sub group for columbus GA and run the game. But I have no idea what games are official and where I find them. I am hoping that someone can give me a bit more insight into what paperwork I need to fill out, what registration form I need to turn in and where I can get official games

VLO

Your RVC (Regional Venture Coordinator) should be able to put you in contact with a more local VO to guide you, or provide you the information directly. The free adventures come from either being a registered Venture Officer, most likely a VA (Venture Agent) for a local venue; or from running a convention or similar event with sufficient tables to qualify for all GMs being granted their adventures.

I will try to find the right person to reach out to you. In the mean time, if you have more questions, feel free to message me directly.

URGENT - Cancel Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscription

I would like to cancel my Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscription.

Spore War #3 should be the final installment that I am paying for.

Also, why isn't there a way to cancel our subscriptions under our Account Settings?

Thank you,
Randy Price

I suggest you email or open a ticket with Customer Service. Definitely include the URGENT tag.

Shiny

I am excited to add some Starfinder fiction to my library.

Huzzah!

A big thank you to all the teams that made these products available for us.
Writers, editors, developers, artists, and all the others - thank you!

Hello!

A quick announcement for everyone: due to a huge storm that hit the PNW, our warehouse is without power. This may cause delays in order processing and shipments as we wait for the power to come back on. Rest assured however once we're back up and running, we'll get back to shipping and processing your orders!

Thank you for your patience and understanding :)

Hoping for the best and that everyone stays safe.

I just ran a pre-release charity game of this. Despite the hints and reminders early in the scenario that outside of the controlled environment within the camp, this is a low-gravity world, I forgot by the time the players reached Map B.

I think there is an argument for this encounter being outside of the gravity control. It is at the perimeter and there is damage within and clearly defenses breached. Low-gravity would make it much more manageable for low-level characters to leap down 10 feet without injury. This is particularly important for the squishy level 1s, who are unlikely to have jet packs, etc.

Passing on our thoughts from discussion after the game.

It's a basic save, which means half damage (2) on a success. Does Flwon have something that changes that?

Nah, I was in too much of a rush when posting. I realised my likely error later but this is the first time I had a chance to come back and check. Had already corrected before reading your post. Sorry about that.

Thank you, all.
Also, thank you to the team that turns the freelancers' writings into finished product for us to enjoy.

Please don't be 90% human statblocks. I'm fine with statblocks that don't account for ancestry.

You'll also find a trove of NPCs specific to non-human ancestries, like a dwarf general, goblin get-gang, and kobold egg guardian.

There are definitely non-human NPCs in this book.

Anybody else get a September order generation? No thread for it yet

Yep. I did. I was quite surprised. Very pleasantly surprised mind you.

Thank you all for your amazing work!

A non-Oracle specific question:

Alex Speidel wrote:

The Remaster guidelines for these eight classes do not take effect until August 12, 2024. Those of you attending Gen Con are free to play your characters as they are currently while everyone works to absorb the changes.

Does this mean that you can’t use the new options until August 12th? Or if you want to go ahead and rebuild a character that qualifies, can you use them before then? I’ll likely have a non-Gencon game sometime that same weekend. If I need to wait, that’s fine. I’ll likely just play a character from one of the PC1 classes.

My understanding is that you can use the new rules from 01 August, the release date. You must implement the new guidelines from 12 August.

Hype!

You can add story elements but not mechanical ones.

You swing with gusto, completely missing your target and barely keeping your balance.

You miss the target, the bullet ricochets off the rock, whizzing past your ally's ear, so close they hear and feel its passage.

You cleave into your foe, splattering all those adjacent with their blood.

Make sure to read your audience and keep it within their comfort levels.

Another enjoyable piece of fiction. Thank you. I really appreciate them.

Fabulous! Thank you.

I really appreciate this story on so many levels and for so many reasons. Again, thank you.

Yay! And thank you to all the writers (and the teams supporting them) who bring us such wonderful games to play.

Thank you to all these amazing authors and everyone else involved in bringing us this book. I am looking forward to many hours spent browsing and reading.

Thank you, both for the story and for the art.

I started thinking about subscribing to Paizo adventures, but since I live in central Europe and shipping can be very expensive (last year, when I tried to order Core Rulebook directly from Paizo, it almost doubled the price), I'm afraid to place the order.

Is there anyone who receives internationally shipped Paizo products from subscription? Does the fact it's distributed in bulk lowers the price of shipping?
FAQ only confirms that there is international distribution, but doesn't go any deeper..

As far as I know, Europe's subscriptions, like Australia's, are shipped to the individual directly from Paizo. This means we pay the normally high shipping prices that are part of today's reality.

@Barbarian - a slight correction:
While most freelancers who work for Paizo feel well supported by the wonderful staff there, and many freelancers made their support of the union very clear when it was first proposed, United Paizo Workers does not represent the freelancers who work with Paizo. Some represented workers also freelance, but that is quite different.

That said, I truly believe the union is doing good and from what I have heard, Paizo is working with them in good faith. Please, continue to support Paizo and praise the worthy employees there.

Hello, everyone.

I apologize for the late mentor introduction, life has been very busy. It is for this reason that I will be a part-time support mentor, popping in when I can and contributing when I can. Mostly, I will likely be lurking in the background.

I am ancient (let's get it out of the way right now). I started with the original 3 pamphlet style books of original D&D back in 1977. I played regularly once I started and my first DM experience was completely off the cuff story telling with a shared set of dice. We all had a bunch of fun. I went on to enjoy a variety of RPGs, though with long life breaks between gaming groups. I still enjoy a variety of RPGs, though focus mostly on the Paizo products. I was introduced to Organized Play at Gen Con 50 and started playing with my then local lodge soon after. Within a year I had added PbP and later became a PbP VA, a role I recently handed over to another. I also play via VTT and still enjoy in-person games when I can.
I found PbP was incredibly valuable to hone both my roleplaying skills and my GMing skills. I look forward to this iteration of GM school.

Welcome everybody.

All of these sound like great adventures and I look forward to experiencing them.

The PAX Unplugged live plays of the first two were very fun. Thank you.

I'd like to thank the entire Organized Play team and all the freelancers who have brought us new games throughout the year, for all your hard work and the care you put into brining us these adventures.

Very much looking forward to this.

Mr. Fred wrote:

Regarding VTT, do you plan to offer a foundry VTT (or other VTT) for Scoured stars, like those awesome starfinder society scenarios modules I have been using ?

This product is not currently on our Foundry list, but, as always, let us know if there are people who wish to see it. Thank you.

I would definitely like this on Foundry and know a number of others who would too.

Pleased to say, mine arrive in Australia, faster than expected.

A quick reminder to all our GMs, and I apologize I have not done this more regularly - please report your completed games so that we can include them in our quarterly reports. This helps track and justify our presence and ongoing support. This is a quick additional report in addition to reporting to Paizo.

Play by Forum Game Tracking

One of the options we have considered on occasion, is having a reporting number for the lodge and having a form you complete where we then report to Paizo, or an option where we set up GMs with reporting privileges for that event number. This would open up some options, such as the potential for increased AcP. It would also increase the workload, at least some, for the VOs, so it should only be attempted if our community members think it is worth while. Please let us know what you think. Either comment here or send a PM if you are more comfortable communicating privately.

Thank you.

Thank you, all. What a wonderful gift you have provided us, sharing your personal cultural insights, plus providing an interesting item for us to adopt. Much appreciated.

House GM post

I would like to thank all our players for participating in this multi-table adventure and supporting Starfinder Society Organized Play. I hope you enjoyed.
I would also like to thank all our volunteers who GMed, backed up our GMs, organized the convention, and generally make Organized Play possible. I would particularly like to thank bigrin42 and OgreNoah for being my backup and support team during a very chaotic period in my life.
I look forward to playing with many of you in the future and wish you all great gaming experiences wherever you play.
GM Numbat

House GM post

I would like to thank all our players for participating in this multi-table adventure and supporting Starfinder Society Organized Play. I hope you enjoyed.
I would also like to thank all our volunteers who GMed, backed up our GMs, organized the convention, and generally make Organized Play possible. I would particularly like to thank bigrin42 and OgreNoah for being my backup and support team during a very chaotic period in my life.
I look forward to playing with many of you in the future and wish you all great gaming experiences wherever you play.
GM Numbat

Thank you for this update and a huge thank you for improving your sustainability practices both printing and packaging. I really appreciate that.

Sanctioning for Starfinder Enhanced now available.

Thank you for sharing. I will endeavor to learn more and appreciate the links.

Hey folks, your friendly House GM here.

I only became aware that last evening that there was a need for a backup GM for the last few days for your game. My apologies for the breakdown in communication. I believe GM S is back so should be posting today.

If there is further delay, we will have a backup GM fill in for you.

Update!

Unfortunately, Pathfinder Elemental Stones has been bumped to January 2024 and will be releasing with the January subscriptions.

Very sad. I am really looking forward to playing this and sharing it with friends.

Thanks for keeping us informed.

Another thing I think has been holding me back from GMing PBP again, is that I'm much more likely to GM with a familiar group. Currently, there might be one or two players randomly from the previous game, but the game ends and everyone just looks for a new game on their own. There's no, what scenario do we want to play next, or who wants to GM this time conversation going on.

There is nothing wrong with asking for expressions of interest to form an ongoing group. Several have done so.

Thank you, both, and all the others, who add to the depth of our stories and worlds.

I'd like to thank each of you for not only contributing to our games and community, but sharing a little of your culture with us, to our benefit.

I look forward to more.

Thank you for these illuminating passages on the internal playtesting. I am really enjoying them.

I am hoping to recruit a back up GM for the Forums for SFS 5-99, the multi-table special, for Gameday XII.

If you are interested, please PM me.

You need to be familiar with running PbP on the Forums, be familiar with SFS rules and comfortable with levels 1-8, enough to at least be able to cover a table for a short while if needed.

Hopefully all will be quiet and uneventful, but if we don't have a back up in place, you know it won't be.

Thank you to all who read and consider this.

Position filled - thank you.

So much good news included in this blog. Even more important, to me, communication is happening. Thank you.

I hope that for all concerned, the new warehouse is everything desired and needed. I don't envy you the actual move process, though.

Thanks again for this blog, Jim.

Gameday XII announcement

Gameday XII announcement