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Pathfinder Society Scenario #2-18: The Fanciful March of Urwal
I’ve played it once so far. Still, it might be better than Flooded Kings Court where we so far have three people using a replay.
Might I suggest a different scenario for the one after this?
5-04 Equal Exhanges Necessary Introductions
Available at the end of September.
Chronicle looks good, though the date's a bit weird... You had it at 06/29/2023... :)
Fixed and sent new chronicles.
Yes, it is not sustainable. Once every 10 games would be sustainable since players would gain enough ACP from those games to get a replay.
We need to do more repeatable content with this group and plan for what new content the group will do so that people can plan for if they will be using replays.
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Could we maybe wait for 4th level before tackling 2-18 Fanciful March? It would make a huge difference in how effective my character is.
After Flooded King’s Court, I would be 4xp short of 4th level. I could apply a GM chronicle in that time, but that can complicate other stuff.
Yes I believe most of us, if not all, will be 32xp after Flooded King's Court. Meat Wagon gets a very significant boost at level 4 as well.
We certainly need to stick to replays, and with some planning: new scenarios reserved as they get released to keep this viable.
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Short of the newer scenarios, repeatables that we haven't played yet:
01-23 (Star-Crossed Court): 3-6
02-06 (The Crashing Wave): 3-6
05-01 (Intro: Year of Unfettered Exploration): 1-4
03-13 (Guardian's Covenant): 3-6
01-14 (Lions of Katapesh): 1-4
01-10 (Tarnbreaker's Trail): 1-4
01-06 (Lost on the Spirit Road): 1-4
03-01 (Intro: Year of Shattered Sanctuaries): 1-4 (just for completeness; I think we agreed to skip this one)
Assuming we get that far:
04-07 (Most Wondrous Exchange): 5-8
No idea what the repeatable is for Season 5 (other than 05-01).
No idea what the repeatable is for Season 5 (other than 05-01).
Yeah, 5-01 Year of Unfettered Exploration is the only 1-4 or 3-6 repeatable I know of for Season 5.
If we are going to reserve a new scenario, it should probably be 5-04 Equal Exchanges – Necessary Introductions Levels 1–4.
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Gang, it is time for us all to update the PFS Session Tracker. I realize that I myself have to do this, but let's take the guesswork out of scenario choices.
The tool is available. Let's use it.
Hmm
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Gang, it is time for us all to update the PFS Session Tracker. I realize that I myself have to do this, but let's take the guesswork out of scenario choices.
The tool is available. Let's use it.
Hmm
I actually just checked mine to make sure it's updated. We'll probably need to make an editable document/list with a tentative roadmap of what we'll play and when (and possibly who will be running what) - it's what I had to do for my long-running PFS1 group. It can be adjusted as needed to account for new repeatables and such coming out.
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Hilary and I spent some time tonight updating PFS Tracker. Hopefully it is correct now.
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Here is my >PFS Tracker Report<.
I try to mark them as soon as I finish the game, but I realize I forgot to add 2-18.
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Because I still sometimes get my PF1 and PF2 rules confused. I was also considering that being prone meant flat-footed which makes it easier to be crit in the first place.Yeah, that is a very good reason.
At least you aren’t getting the Starfinder rules mixed in there. :)
I am actively running all three systems. It means I get to look up spells more often than other GMs may have to and need to try and keep the different rules separate in my head. In some cases, they just don’t seem to fit. :)
In light of today's announcement I find this exchange hilarious. I briefly dabbled in Starfinder way back in the first year or two but quickly opted to drop it for Pathfinder 2E since I didn't want to juggle three different rule systems and I generally prefer fantasy over sci-fi. But I guess now maybe I should be planning to actually play (and *gasp* even GM!?) some Starfinder in the not-too-distant future? :)
It is yet to be determined if I will be running four systems or cut back to just three in 2025. Still need that fifth star. :)
I’m not sure how you edit the group, but Nicole would be FrozenFrosf on the tracker.
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I think I'm the only one that can actually edit the group but thanks, I'll get them added too!
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Different subject but how do you guys decide on making a new character? Do you just wait for inspiration to hit? Decide that you want to play a specific class or ancestry/heritage and go from there?
I'm in sort of an in-between spot of getting the creative urge to make some more characters but I'm also trying to be a lot more circumspect about the characters I *do* make. I'd rather have 10 beloved characters that get to have a proper adventuring career over 20+ characters with half of them only making it to 2nd/3rd level (which is what happened with PFS1e).
Complicating things is that I've got a fair bit of AcP I can spend but I obviously want to be choosy about how I spend them. And then there's the class spread! Analysis paralysis, argh!
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Why I'm constantly making new characters
So in my case I kept making characters so that I can apply GM credit, or so that I could have someone to play through things like the Beginner Box or Pathfinder Trials that were level one only.
That said, I have a good feeling for everyone of my PF2 characters except Dr. Croaker. I am still trying to figure the little grippli out.
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Starting with ABC
As for making new characters, I have so many different starting points. Class, Background and Ancestry can be a starting place. Clover got started because of her background, and because I unlocked a Phoenix Sorcerer. I seem to love the small races, so I often think about the question of what I can do with various small races for characters.
I had to tell myself to stop making bards, because I freaking love bards! Fortunately, the thaumaturge came along, and that provided me the melee 'bard' I've always wanted. I also love investigators because they are such fun skill monkeys.
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Starting with Lore, Setting and Story
For most of my characters, I usually start with a couple of pieces of lore that I love and try to build a character from that. So Bitty Blue is a sylph gnome built off the concept that sylphs from the mangi expanse tend to be descended from cloud dragons. So I made a slightly awkward, dinosaur-obsessed quarter dragon sylph rogue whose grandparents were a gnome and a cloud dragon that fell in love.
With Tess of Tosof, I decided that the morrigna parole officer to misbehaving immortals that I wrote into Lost Omens Legends had created a duskwalker daughter that she had basically dropped in Geb and left to see what would happen. An ancestor oracle seemed the best way to describe a duskwater who's been cobbled together from multiple souls.
With Jinglemane, I had wanted to build a poppet, and the thaumaturge offered me a class that I thought could serve the poppet well. I co-created Jinglemane with Bret, as his character Kit was the geniekin that wished Jinglemane alive. Jinglemane is a bit like Tigger out of Winnie-the-Pooh, if Tigger were also a compulsive babysitter who loved taking care of children but might have irresponsible ideas about helping kids sneak out of bed to go on adventures.
The lore and the setting kind of nurture the character seeds for me, but I also pick my core mechanics for the character early on. Then I mix the two up and see what sort of story and character fall out.
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So I've made a group on PFS Sessiontracker and I've got everyone added to it so far but Stitch and Nicole. You can find it as 'Longroads Coffeehouse 2.0' :)
I don't know how to join that group for the tracker but here is mine: PFS Tracker.
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Okay, let's reserve scenarios for ourselves. Here are my suggestions:
2-23 Agent's Obligation
4-08 Battle for Star's Fate (Note: this is the 2nd part of a two parter, and Bret has another character looking to do it.)
5-01 Year of Unfettered Exploration
5-02 Blackwood Lost
5-04 Equal Exchanges
I am vetoing the 4-16 The Dacilane Academy's First Great Prank War as Bret and I plan to play it with Jinglemane and Kit (both Level 4). However... we could be talked into playing Jinglemane and Kit in it with this group if the group wants to play it.
Great, glad that you have three glyphs as well Roark. Being able to allow everyone to start with two Hero Points is really nice.
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Okay, let's reserve scenarios for ourselves. Here are my suggestions:
2-23 Agent's Obligation
4-08 Battle for Star's Fate (Note: this is the 2nd part of a two parter, and Bret has another character looking to do it.)
5-01 Year of Unfettered Exploration
5-02 Blackwood Lost
5-04 Equal ExchangesI am vetoing the 4-16 The Dacilane Academy's First Great Prank War as Bret and I plan to play it with Jinglemane and Kit (both Level 4). However... we could be talked into playing Jinglemane and Kit in it with this group if the group wants to play it.
Ok with me -- when I run a scenario for the first time I'm usually very clumsy so the experience won't be as good. So I'm good with the veto.
04-08 - I'm waiting to play it with you and Bret, actually. Isn't that the 2nd part of the one we played with Farol?
05-03 is a 3-6, isn't it? How complex is it? :)
Different subject but how do you guys decide on making a new character? Do you just wait for inspiration to hit? Decide that you want to play a specific class or ancestry/heritage and go from there?
My roster should give a hint, but for me it is usually ancestry first. I avoid repeating the same ancestry. After that my method varies. Name is often the last thing I figure out, but there are exceptions.
The rest of my characters are GM blobs. One of them will likely to be another paired build with Hilary where I am the draxie ‘familiar’ of her character. Was going to use Sprite’s Spark and go monk, but decided that the damage just wasn’t there.
I tend to try a variety of classes but want an idea for what is important to the character. Get a few ideas of that, then create something that I think would be interesting to play. I do like to have skills so wizard, rogue and investigator are always of interest to me.
Specific to PF2 I have taken to also choosing which two skills will go above trained proficiency since that has a big effect on what the character can do. Most of the character’s life they will only have two skills at better than trained, so picking them helps define the character for me.
04-08 - I'm waiting to play it with you and Bret, actually. Isn't that the 2nd part of the one we played with Farol?
Yes, that is the follow on to 4-04 To Seek the Heart of Calamity that Tess and Brekovi played with your character Meadow, Farol was the GM.
I hadn’t realized you were waiting to play it with us.
I would gladly play alongside Meadow (or GM for her again). It is Brekovi that wants to finish out the adventure because it is in Thuvia. I’m not sure if Tess will have time with her wanting to fight undead. :)