Pathfinder Society Year of Unfettered Exploration - Deluxe Edition (Full Season) (Foundry VTT)

Just to clarify. Does the Deluxe Edition legally allow you to gm and report the PFS Scenarios WITHOUT the need to buy the pdf separately?

Hello there, would it be possible to have some screenshots, especially for the journal. In the previous Foundry package for 4-13 and 4-14 Journals were only NPC pictures. I'm expecting a full journal with all information from the pdf and shortcuts/macros for any rolls I request to players.
thanks

Hi all! Please remember to submit bug reports through the service portal linked on the landing journal entry or directly via this link: https://support.sigil-services.com/. That's the best place to make sure the developers see it. Thanks!

Oh that’s so cool! Thanks for making this!

Just to clarify. Does the Deluxe Edition legally allow you to gm and report the PFS Scenarios WITHOUT the need to buy the pdf separately?

That is correct!

Hello there, would it be possible to have some screenshots, especially for the journal. In the previous Foundry package for 4-13 and 4-14 Journals were only NPC pictures. I'm expecting a full journal with all information from the pdf and shortcuts/macros for any rolls I request to players.

thanks

The Foundry package we released for 4-13 and 4-14 is more akin to the "Asset Pack" options we are now offering, which is intended for GMs who already own the PDFs and just want maps, tokens, and macros for easy scaling and setup. The "Deluxe Edition" options are more like our premium Adventure Path modules and include everything in the Asset Pack, plus all of the adventure content from every scenario laid out in custom-styled adventure journals.

Watch this space; we'll definitely be adding screenshots soon to showcase the difference!

How does the Deluxe option handle the Chronicles that the GM would need to distribute to the players?

How does the Deluxe option handle the Chronicles that the GM would need to distribute to the players?

At present, the Deluxe Editions provide a Chronicle code and a link to a printable Chronicle Sheet PDF for each included scenario. We're also actively looking into ways we can improve and automate that process in the future with expanded support from various Paizo APIs!

thank you very much can't wait for the deluxe edition then

NielsenE wrote:

How does the Deluxe option handle the Chronicles that the GM would need to distribute to the players?

At present, the Deluxe Editions provide a Chronicle code and a link to a printable Chronicle Sheet PDF for each included scenario. We're also actively looking into ways we can improve and automate that process in the future with expanded support from various Paizo APIs!

It makes me very happy that the Front End/Tech team understood the question and had a good answer ready :)

Oh, this is NICE.

I think it looks like some bit hasn't been flipped over in Foundry land -- after purchasing the content and activating it on my FoundryVTT account the key shows up as successfully activated, but you can't get the manifest url to install into an actual foundry server. The modules also don't show up in the list of possible Paizo premium modules. The link from the activated content that should go to the module description page instead redirects back to the module search page.

I think it looks like some bit hasn't been flipped over in Foundry land -- after purchasing the content and activating it on my FoundryVTT account the key shows up as successfully activated, but you can't get the manifest url to install into an actual foundry server. The modules also don't show up in the list of possible Paizo premium modules. The link from the activated content that should go to the module description page instead redirects back to the module search page.

This problem has now been fixed. Sorry about that!

Confirmed, Module is installed and everything looks good now.

I cannot install this module!
After the installation is at 100% I get the following error message:
Installation Failed: EBUSY: resource busy or locked, unlink '/foundrydata/Data/modules/pf2e-pfs05-year-of-unfettered-exploration/assets /scenes-1/.nfs0000000008665464000002fc'.See the console (F12) for more details.
When I do it, I become:
[/foundrydata/Data/modules/pf2e-pfs05-year-of-unfettered-exploration/module.json] Error loading module "/foundrydata/Data/modules/pf2e-pfs05-year-of-unfettered-exploration/module .json": ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/foundrydata/Data/modules/pf2e-pfs05-year-of-unfettered-exploration/module .json'
What can I do with these critical failures?

I am hosting on foundryserver and I have more than enough free space on my server. Foundry is on v11 build 308

I am hosting on foundryserver and I have more than enough free space on my server. Foundry is on v11 build 308

This appears to be a node.js error, as opposed to something specific to the module or to Foundry itself. Your best bet is probably to reach out to FoundryServer support (or ask for assistance on their Discord) to see if they can help you get it sorted. Good luck!

Got this module and really like it at a glance! Will try running it in the near future to get a proper good look for a review

During preparation I like using the pdf (even old school printed). Are you considering the option to release a super deluxe version that includes the pdf?

The pdfs are sold by Paizo, not Foundry. I'm just happy they actually did journal entries, I absolutely do not want to have to poorly fiddle with copying from the pdf to get a usable game.

Just to be clear, both the PDFs and the Foundry modules are sold exclusively by Paizo.

During preparation I like using the pdf (even old school printed). Are you considering the option to release a super deluxe version that includes the pdf?

It's a possibility for the future, but not something we currently have planned. I went into a bit more detail on the reasons why here, if you're curious.

I'll just toss in my 2 copper pieces to mention that I, too, would love to see these come with the PDFs. Right now I hardly buy Society modules, but this including the PDFs would do the trick and I'd buy the whole season upfront. Being able to readily read the module (which means a PDF, because I'm not really able to read through Foundry journal entries on a phone which is where I generally read adventures) is critical to me, and having the convenience of them all being ready to go in Foundry would probably cause me to actually run some scenarios; right now, the time needed to prep a one-shot in Foundry (when I'm already also doing prep for whole campaigns) isn't something that I'm often interested in adding to my schedule.

So, that may be anecdotal, but I'd be least one sale of the PDF+Foundry bundle, whereas currently I'm not getting either aside from the very occasional one-off scenario.

I'll just toss in my 2 copper pieces to mention that I, too, would love to see these come with the PDFs. Right now I hardly buy Society modules, but this including the PDFs would do the trick and I'd buy the whole season upfront. Being able to readily read the module (which means a PDF, because I'm not really able to read through Foundry journal entries on a phone which is where I generally read adventures) is critical to me, and having the convenience of them all being ready to go in Foundry would probably cause me to actually run some scenarios; right now, the time needed to prep a one-shot in Foundry (when I'm already also doing prep for whole campaigns) isn't something that I'm often interested in adding to my schedule.

So, that may be anecdotal, but I'd be least one sale of the PDF+Foundry bundle, whereas currently I'm not getting either aside from the very occasional one-off scenario.

Absolutely understand. Bundling the PDF with the module is actually our preferred approach, for exactly the reasons you mentioned, which is one of the reasons we include them with all of our Adventure Path modules. The problem is figuring out how to properly value the PDF part of such an offer without also driving the price of the overall module up to something far higher than we're comfortable with. I'll quote a reply I gave in a different thread:

... It's tricky to make the numbers work once we add PDFs (or PDF discounts) to the mix, because then we have to balance the price of the Foundry module around the price of the PDF. This was a big part of the reason why our original release at PaizoCon only offered asset packs and didn't even offer an option to include journals; by making a supplementary product with just the tokens and maps and macros, we could offer support for every scenario PDF for a flat $4 without having to consider whether you'd gotten the PDF for full price, at a subscriber discount, or for free. (I went into some of that rationale here at the time.) Obviously, your feedback did end up convincing us to offer an option with fully integrated journals after all, but at least as of right now, the best/cheapest option if you want a Foundry module and the PDFs is still going to be the asset pack.

Remember that the Asset Packs still includes all of the same tokens, maps, and macros as the Deluxe Edition, so all of the setup is still done for you. You'd just need to buy the PDFs separately and load them into Foundry using one of the various PDF reader modules available (or just have them open on another screen).

Unfortunately the journals are missing from the two new scenarios (5-03 and 5-04).

#5-03 and #5-04 doesn't have journals to import, please fix this ASAP as I was planning to run 5-04 in a few days

#5-03 and #5-04 doesn't have journals to import, please fix this ASAP as I was planning to run 5-04 in a few days

This was a bug and was fixed in release 1.1.1, which was released October 1st. Sorry for the inconvenience!

DawidIzydor wrote:

#5-03 and #5-04 doesn't have journals to import, please fix this ASAP as I was planning to run 5-04 in a few days

This was a bug and was fixed in release 1.1.1, which was released October 1st. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Just updated from an early version (not sure which one) to 1.1.2, and I don't see a way of importing the new scenarios. I could very well just be missing something, though.

When first installed, it popped up a dialog to install the first two scenarios. Nothing like that appeared after updating this time around.

Andrew White wrote:

DawidIzydor wrote:

#5-03 and #5-04 doesn't have journals to import, please fix this ASAP as I was planning to run 5-04 in a few days

This was a bug and was fixed in release 1.1.1, which was released October 1st. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Just updated from an early version (not sure which one) to 1.1.2, and I don't see a way of importing the new scenarios. I could very well just be missing something, though.

When first installed, it popped up a dialog to install the first two scenarios. Nothing like that appeared after updating this time around.

In the compendiums tab (the little encyclopedia symbol in the upper right) there is an Adventure compendium for all the scenarios. Click on the one you want and it will give you the Import window again.

Phredd wrote:

Andrew White wrote:

DawidIzydor wrote:

#5-03 and #5-04 doesn't have journals to import, please fix this ASAP as I was planning to run 5-04 in a few days

This was a bug and was fixed in release 1.1.1, which was released October 1st. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Just updated from an early version (not sure which one) to 1.1.2, and I don't see a way of importing the new scenarios. I could very well just be missing something, though.

When first installed, it popped up a dialog to install the first two scenarios. Nothing like that appeared after updating this time around.

In the compendiums tab (the little encyclopedia symbol in the upper right) there is an Adventure compendium for all the scenarios. Click on the one you want and it will give you the Import window again.

That did it. Thank you!!

Just so I am clear for myself, the price is for the scenarios and the supplementals for the entire season on Foundry, correct? That is $150 for everything?

Just so I am clear for myself, the price is for the scenarios and the supplementals for the entire season on Foundry, correct? That is $150 for everything?

For every scenario you get the entire contents of the scenario as linked journal entries in Foundry; you get maps and scenes walled, lit, etc for each encounter (including significant skill challenges); you get artwork and tokens for every monster and every significant NPC; you get sound effects and ambient sounds; you get a single page PDF of the chronicle sheet.

You do not get a copy of the complete PDF of the scenario, but you definitely get everything needed to run and report all the scenarios. I hope that eliminates any ambiguity.

Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti wrote:

Just so I am clear for myself, the price is for the scenarios and the supplementals for the entire season on Foundry, correct? That is $150 for everything?

For every scenario you get the entire contents of the scenario as linked journal entries in Foundry; you get maps and scenes walled, lit, etc for each encounter (including significant skill challenges); you get artwork and tokens for every monster and every significant NPC; you get sound effects and ambient sounds; you get a single page PDF of the chronicle sheet.

You do not get a copy of the complete PDF of the scenario, but you definitely get everything needed to run and report all the scenarios. I hope that eliminates any ambiguity.

Thank you!

As long as I have the pdfs from the subscription I should be fine, correct?

I have the deluxe edition, installed it to my foundry and cannot figure out how to add the new modules that have come out since then... Need step by step instructions please - tia...

Any idea when 5-11 will be added? The product description promises updates the day the pdf is released. We’re at 5 days with no update.

I have Foundry on my desktop because it is easier for me to play around with. What would I need to install it on my laptop for play at a FLGS?

I have the deluxe edition, installed it to my foundry and cannot figure out how to add the new modules that have come out since then... Need step by step instructions please - tia...

You need to update the module. How you do that depends on how you run your Foundry games. The most common methods are

• 1) On your local computer - Foundry VTT Module Management
  
• 2) Via forgevtt.com - (I can't find a tutorial) but it's something like on your forgevtt.com home page, choose Bazaar -> Modules -> Update All Packages.

Any idea when 5-11 will be added? The product description promises updates the day the pdf is released. We’re at 5 days with no update.

I think you got answers to this on Discord, but my best guess is that it will Monday, Mar 11. We had a confluence of very late delivery of the scenario materials, vacations and COVID. We apologize for the delay, and will continue to strive for date of publication delivery in the coming months.

I have Foundry on my desktop because it is easier for me to play around with. What would I need to install it on my laptop for play at a FLGS?

You will get better answers from the Foundry discord: Foundry Discord Invite

JAF0 wrote:

I have the deluxe edition, installed it to my foundry and cannot figure out how to add the new modules that have come out since then... Need step by step instructions please - tia...

You need to update the module. How you do that depends on how you run your Foundry games. The most common methods are

• 1) On your local computer - Foundry VTT Module Management
  
• 2) Via forgevtt.com - (I can't find a tutorial) but it's something like on your forgevtt.com home page, choose Bazaar -> Modules -> Update All Packages.

Thanks, but also - your next reply to Stormwarden answers the question as to why the above didn't seem to be working for me... I'll wait til next Monday and retry.

Talon Stormwarden wrote:

Any idea when 5-11 will be added? The product description promises updates the day the pdf is released. We’re at 5 days with no update.

I think you got answers to this on Discord, but my best guess is that it will Monday, Mar 11. We had a confluence of very late delivery of the scenario materials, vacations and COVID. We apologize for the delay, and will continue to strive for date of publication delivery in the coming months.

Thanks Timingila. I did indeed get answers there, but also wanted to bring the issue here. As the seller of the product, I think Paizo has a responsibility to notify users what's going on. Given JAF0's post, I'm not the only one wondering about the delay.

Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti wrote:

I have Foundry on my desktop because it is easier for me to play around with. What would I need to install it on my laptop for play at a FLGS?

You will get better answers from the Foundry discord: Foundry Discord Invite

Thank you!

I'm scheduled to run 5-11 in two days and I'm trying to figure out whether I should just port it halfway manually to Foundry as in the old days, or whether the update with the scenario will arrive in time. Timingila says maybe Monday, is there an official planned date from Paizo for this ?

Paizo is not the folk in charge of the modules. The modules are done by Metamorphic Studios, any dates for them is on the module developers not the Paizo staff.

Then again I bought this product from this site and it wasn't cheap. And now I had to set up my maps and journals manually for my game tonight, instead of having it delivered by the module which it promises to do at the start of each month. And today is the 12th.

Then again I bought this product from this site and it wasn't cheap. And now I had to set up my maps and journals manually for my game tonight, instead of having it delivered by the module which it promises to do at the start of each month. And today is the 12th.

The module update was released Monday, Mar 11th. I hope you noticed in time. Again, we are very sorry for the delay. We continue to strive for date of publication releases of the module.

Paizo is not the folk in charge of the modules. The modules are done by Metamorphic Studios, any dates for them is on the module developers not the Paizo staff.

This is true, but Metamorphic relies on Paizo to provide us the source materials in a timely fashion, which was the underlying problem this month. The Paizo staff is nothing but helpful and accommodating, so I'm sure there were unavoidable issues on their side. It was an unfortunate month for the module.

Cori Marie wrote:

Paizo is not the folk in charge of the modules. The modules are done by Metamorphic Studios, any dates for them is on the module developers not the Paizo staff.

This is true, but Metamorphic relies on Paizo to provide us the source materials in a timely fashion, which was the underlying problem this month. The Paizo staff is nothing but helpful and accommodating, so I'm sure there were unavoidable issues on their side. It was an unfortunate month for the module.

Yep. We always strive to get our materials over to Metamorphic for conversion as early as possible, but due to the breakneck development pace for some of this content (especially Organized Play stuff), we sometimes don't have the final versions ready until just a day or two before they're scheduled to release, which in this case didn't leave enough dev time to do a proper conversion in time for day-and-date release. It's not a common occurrence, but this was unfortunately one of those times, and we apologize for any inconvenience. Rest assured that we're looking into ways we can streamline our internal processes to make it less of an issue in the future!

How do i get the new modules? 5-11 isn't loading when I update... How do I get it? and then subsequent scenarios as they come out... Getting very frustrated by this.

How do i get the new modules? 5-11 isn't loading when I update... How do I get it? and then subsequent scenarios as they come out... Getting very frustrated by this.

Version 1.6.0 of the module, containing scenario 5-11, was released on March 11th.

Version 1.7.0, containing scenarios 5-12 & 5-13, is on track to release on March 27th.

Updating your module inside Foundry will get you the new scenarios.