Thes Hunter |
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Season 2 and Zo! When you get a chance can you let us know the maps for this one? Thanks!
Jungle World
Asteroid
Ghost Ship
Gladior Franchisee - Game Kastle College Park |
John Compton Organized Play Lead Developer |
I have a group of newcomers to the game and we are playing a few scenarios before the special at GenCon. Will playing this beforehand spoil stuff from the special?
There’s a bit of background in this scenario that’s a very minor spoiler for the special, but overall I feel you’ll be able enjoy this adventure without any significant plot spoilers for #2-00.
Gladior Franchisee - Game Kastle College Park |
Thanks John! They’ve played part of Into the Unknown. But, I thought it would be fun to expose them to some of the other scenarios y’all have done that really highlight that science fantasy encompasses space stations, starships, and aliens. But, it can also encompass reality television, pop stars, and so much more than people default to when they hear sci-fi or fantasy.
DaDapperSlapper |
I played this and man is it bad..... written well but bad game mechanics.. our dm refused to do the final fight because it would be a tofal tpk with no chance of survival no clever answer no outside the box thinking just total death if he just did it as written. Even timed portions showed that it was shown to be bad you would need jump jets and it says that it is a level 1 to 4 at level 1 you got nothing.
Sgtsplat |
I played this in my first organized play about three weeks ago. I thought it was a really fun adventure, and I think our gaming group is going to use it this year at our annual getaway [we need to be able to run more than one group at a time, and this scenario is perfect for that as a one shot]. We were able to get through the Zero-G in the last scenario just fine, well, in an awkward, bouncing off the walls kind of fine. I listen to a Starfinder Podcast and they went through a Zero-G scenario as well, and it was Grueling but, to be honest, it is one of the better Zero-G systems I have played. It would be really tough to fight in that environment unless you had specialized gear. I am looking forward to mayhem our two groups are going to have to face this fall.
Hlee |
I played this today, and it's poorly game designed. Dc was way too high for level 1 characters and filled with deadly trap that could kill off the level 1 out right. We played this with 3 of level 1 characters which one was pregen, and one level 2(total 4 pc characters). On the first event one of level 1 almost died and one other level 1 actually died, so gm had to stop the party to go further ,because he was afraid that it going to be TPK if we go on with 3pc
This scenario does not have 4 member party adjustment, the traps work like low level meat grinder.(after we failed scenario, we count oddes and rounds to figure out what went wrong and more and more we do math, it seems almost impossible to win the event as level1 characters that can not afford a jump jet)
If your party is mostly new level 1s and under six people party. I highly recommend to not to play this.
I am highly disappointed that this is start of the new season.
Rhunny |
I played this today, and it's poorly game designed. Dc was way too high for level 1 characters and filled with deadly trap that could kill off the level 1 out right. We played this with 3 of level 1 characters which one was pregen, and one level 2(total 4 pc characters). On the first event one of level 1 almost died and one other level 1 actually died, so gm had to stop the party to go further ,because he was afraid that it going to be TPK if we go on with 3pc
This scenario does not have 4 member party adjustment, the traps work like low level meat grinder.(after we failed scenario, we count oddes and rounds to figure out what went wrong and more and more we do math, it seems almost impossible to win the event as level1 characters that can not afford a jump jet)
If your party is mostly new level 1s and under six people party. I highly recommend to not to play this.
I am highly disappointed that this is start of the new season.
My experience pretty much mirrored your own
we almost died several times and we only pulled through because my character was 3rd level. There's nothing for a character with no acrobatics, athletics or jumpjets to do in the first and deadliest part. While the scenario provides you with a grappler to get over the first wall, it won't help much when trying to skip over the lava and falling into certain death. The second challenge feels like it could be cut entirely and the last part feels like the adventure is actively cheating as the enemies seem to have gone through the same ordeal as you have but are somehow at full spell/resolve point/HP capacity. They have also bugged your flag and use actual harmful spells on you despite it being against the rules.
Finally, this scenario runs too long! There needs to be a warning prior to it as some people might not have 5-6 hours to spare.
Do not play this scenario without the specific skills it calls out for.