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You are not crazy.
That happened.
I am withdrawing now.

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I would suggest that On The Hunt should be able to be triggered by an ally (up to say 4 designated during preparation for day)which you have trained with, when they get critically hit. That way you don’t have to mark them as your quarry, but unfortunate hits against your party can spur you forward.

This gives you more chances to engage your class abilities even if you aren’t battling a prepared opponent.

+1

I mean. That is probably one of the Playtest's core questions!

Rephrased: Is sacrificing a little high-probability damage worth investing in high-probability status effects with mid-probability damage plus mobility?

Compare to a different martial making the same decision (maneuver + strike) but without the action compression and MAP reduction.

In a system where "every +1 matters".

Press, yeah.

-4 agile, reduced to -3 Audacious, on a foe who is rendered Offguard by the maneuver, kinda makes it hit like -1.

What if Stunt damage progressed 1d6 at odd levels and did not add an ability modifier?

1st/3rd/5th/7th @ 1d6/2d6/3d6/4d6?

Not agile tho.

3 glyphs and that's 2 apiece.

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What we got:

Ranger
Magus
Rogue
Barbarian
Investigator
+
Oracle (me)

All punch!
I will keep all of you healed up preventatively.

Looking forward!

There are only a few signups so far.

Do I have a bad reputation I don't know about? o.0
...or is it because it's a high-level one shot that people would have to build characters for? I picked that one in part because it's a higher level than anybody is likely to be able to playtest in Society. And in part because I've run all the lower-level ones.

I signed up because I, uh, kinda missed the Outpost signup day, with only a couple of games left open by the time I clicked over. Also, because I have enough PFS characters that simply picking one and leveling them up is a lot easier than creating a fresh character from scratch.

Your reputation as a GM is sterling, sir. Not that you were fishing...

Phaedro is an in-your-face Daredevil who almost exclusively prioritized physical stats. He will mostly try to Grapple his foes, or Shove them, to debuff them or set up better party positioning, and is also capable of some serious damage from reach.

Looking to use his large size advantageously. A couple social skills, and that's about it.

Excited!

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I see:

1x agile shove weapon
1x agile grapple weapon
5x agile trip weapons
11x agile disarm weapons

All of these weapons one-handed.

Gock is ready to rock.

FYI: 40 gold means 5 bucks after a Potency Rune (35), so, Gock will be grabbing a couple Potency Crystals (4 each) instead.

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A great AP - have fun you all!

Is it just me, or can other people not stop giggling at the image of this enemy being one of the inflatable frog costumes at the Portland ICE protests?

I'll take the bait, then refrain from further agitation for no other reason than "game / life seperation".

As a Mainer, I'm a little disappointed our Socialist Marine isn't using his platform to get meaningfully involved in Catch of the Day - likely due to his possibly-correct but possibly-incorrect assessment that doing so would risk his standing in our tenuously Purple state.

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The Bounty would need to be a level 1 adventure, because bounties do still require the character to be a PFS character and in the context of playtest that means level 1 (to start). If you were to somehow keep the game recognizably pathfinder, recognizably the same story, and recognizably the same setting then you could theoretically as the GM in adventure mode say "[your favorite deity] has made all of you level 3 and you sense your enemies grow stronger as well". Effectively you could scale the level 1 bounty while keeping the rest of things in place. Just keep in mind none of those changes or level ups transfer over to the underlying PFS characters. They'd just get the normal XP/Gold/rewards as outlined in the bounty.

Wait really?

I could host a Playtest Bounty and invoke this loophole to get the L3 or L5 or L7 experience? Because [deity]!?

Sounds pretty slippery...

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I wonder if Zòila's reaction Guidance (that has a 120 foot range) will be triggered...

↺) Amped Guidance (Trigger: If an ally's strike would miss by exactly 1)

If you miss your Strike by 1, and are in range, yes, she will burn a focus point to turn your miss into a hit.

Even their greeting involve the seasons (and violence).

Maruta points:
Northeast: "Autumn"
Northwest: "Winter"
Southeast: "Summer"
Southwest: Spring"

And follows Cirri and Selena to observe.

These were mine.

Edit: Looks like we agree. So! Are the keys all in mismatched holes?

8 players for 5 or 6 spots.

That's better than 50% odds.

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GM Redelia wrote:

I'm not sure about whether the new rules are supposed to be in addition to or instead of the existing rules. I've put in a request for clarification somewhere appropriate, and I'll share what I find out as soon as I do. And if I can't share an answer, I'll at least let everyone know that, and let you know the answer when I can.

OK, unfortunate news. The new playtest rules are intended to replace the old ones. In particular, the new playtest classes cannot be made at higher level for society play. I can't point you to any public statements saying that, either. I had people try to tell me this should be 'obvious' from the blog post, but I do not find it so. However, I've shared with you the best I can find out (and I don't have any doubts it's the actual answer, even if it's not been made clear in public).

Sorry if this is a bit vague, but I'm in a tight spot here in terms of sharing with everyone here. I've given you the best info I can.

What about L3 Bounties?

As I understand it, Bounties are played in "Campaign Mode".

I know APs and other "non-PFS" Adventures are also played in "Campaign Mode", which relaxes most of the restrictions of PFS, but can also issue chronicle sheets for PFS characters.

Thank for digging!

Where are the other 3?

Happy to see it through to the end!

Who has which keys - Cirri do you have all 4?

This is cool!

In past playests, I've used a new PFS character alias to build a character, play the playtest, then they sit on the shelf for a year or two...

...does this mean my L1 Runesmith is PFS legal (provided GM is cool with it) per current change in rules?

GM,
Would Maruta know if casting Dispel Magic might work?

GAH! I just realized I've been using the wrong figure for Fjorn's Fort DC because of the juggernaut mutagen

No, I have been poor at telegraphing my character's shifting stats - you are doing great.

I am working on a system for being more clear!

I'm assuming it's DC 18 to get rid of the Sickened condition, Fjorn?

That is correct. Fjorn's not the brightest, unless of course you ask him if he thinks he is...

Higher level Slayers start with a few extra trophies.

Buried in there somewhere.

Players,
I need help understanding what is going on.

How can Maruta help?

I expressed my interest in how to move forward (nonsplit, to guardhouse).

What do others think?

I wasn't complaining - it's a good problem to have.

(Just commiserating with my fellow players)

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Anyone going to run a Playtest from Tuesday's blog?

Oh my, flurry of posts and I fell behind :sweats:

Flurry of posts indeed. I slept through the first challenge!

- I like to run my games fairly quick. I typically post every 12 hour updates once at around 6am AEDT and about 8pm AEDT. And maybe more on weekends if I'm free.

Can't say we weren't warned!

@Barbarian

Check out "Quick-Tempered" too!

GM, nobody is "bold" but Maruta seems to maybe be up.

What are my in-game options? None listed just "what do you do"? But what am I responding to?

GM,
Couple things before we start.

Thing 1
I assume you use google slides, and don't require a discord. If that's good, I'm good to go.

Thing 2
Zoila already has 8xp (8 bounties!), and would advance to L2 right after Pathfinder trials. If that is a dealbreaker, I have a L1 fighter I can bring instead (only has 1xp) and would level with everyone else.

Lmk!

Splitting the party then?

…I generally refrain from this, but if GM and everyone are willing…

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I suggested we go to the Emerald Guard a couple posts ago.

Not the caves. Caves makes no sense. We still have one person to retrieve!

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How's everyone wealth by level wise? You missed a couple of loot spots (the dragon has a stash of course, and the caligni have some equipment as well), and while I think you've covered the basics, I'd hate for you to not get some lategame goodies.

Lough's Stuff

8+0.5+35+55+75+65+250+340+1065+900+850+1060 = 4703.50

A 10th level character is supposed to have 2300.00 (LINK) and Lough has double that! (Not even counting the Whispering Reeds)

So: Spoiled, GM.

Team: If there is a major discrepency, happy to sellback the Ring of Lies, and the Chakram runes (I have cantrips) = approximately 1,000gp worth of stuff. Lmk!

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Mastermind Rogue against mooks.

If GM is generous, covers all mooks of a type.

Putting the tracker into a separate post so I can quote it later and save some of the formatting.

Learned this trick under chadius' GMing.

It saves me time and helps me compartmentalize my own GM brain.

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I think above VC says you have to at least open 1 seat to the public.

This seems to satisfy that condition.

Is there an order of operations as to which Lens to use first?

Lough could use his fascinate ikon on turns other folks are trying to Lens her.

If we have a week downtime, I may retrain Athletics to Expert (for Ghost Touch Grapple).

Unless Dorianna is already spec'd for it?

We did it within 24 hours, becasue on good standing with our mechanic. They are the kind who prefer not to charge for labor, and give you a list of things to try before bringing it in.

But yeah, unexpected cost, basically drained my savings. But we are back on track!

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If $, I think a couple of Earth Bind scrolls could come in handy.

Lough has backup ranged weapons, in case access is a problem.

And could Grapple w/ Ghost Touch, if needed.

Lough will happily hold the fake lattice - that’s genius!

Looks like we got 4 - holding off

I was gunna say "I forgot about the Ghost Touch" but see it in Kvit's sheet.

I say splurge it on scrolls?

There are ritual prices by rank.

Around 300 for the difference between rank 5 and rank 6.

Lough @ 10
Ability Boosts: ST, INT, WIS, CHA (prioritizing attacks and skills)
Archetype: Beast Dynamo Howl (strike + area Demoralize; for mooks)
Class: Breath of Vital Ash (adds precision / vitality damage to ikon cycle)
Skill Feat: Slippery Secrets (for fun)
Equipment: Moderate Reinforcing Rune (shield got more HPs), Armor Potency (AC higher)

If there is still spare cash, yes, I'd like to keep the ring of lies. If we need cash for scrolls, rituals, whatever, happy to liquidate it.

+1 to all of Kvit's proposals here

For example, the Psychic Multiclass Dedication no longer grants a unique psi cantrip with the dedication feat alone, instead that got moved to a higher level feat in the Archetype. So, if you PFS Magus dipped into the Psychic Dedication to add one of those unique psi cantrips, the moment PFS sanctions Dark Archives Remastered, you would lose that unique psi cantrip. But, you could still utilize the Retraining rules as normal to Retrain into that new higher-level feat that grants unique psi cantrips.

Correction, it no longer grants a Focus Point. Still grants one (non-unique) psi cantrip, just not a way to Amp it until later feat selection.

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Minis on the map before initiative?

Order of Operations:

1) Everyone rolls RK
2) Players that fail place minis
3) GM places minis of monsters
4) Players that succeed place minis
5) Everyone rolls initiative