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My apologies if I'm posting this in the wrong place.
Myself and a few friends of mine had the pleasure of playing through some PFS scenarios at a convention a few weeks ago (Mace West). We had such a fantastic time!
I've decided to take on the noble task of starting a PFS at a local game store. I've spoken with the owner, and we're going to start off by running a private group but eventually we'd like to have a monthly or bi-monthly public PFS event day.
But for now we're starting small, while we get the hang of things. Here are some of our questions (and of course any general advice is most welcome too):
- I'll be the GM for these scenarios (and I guess I'm technically the coordinator as well?). I've chosen Mists of Mwangi for our first game. It isn't one that I've played before, so I think I'll be "eating" the scenario as I am the GM. I understand that I get 1xp, 100% max gold for my character's most appropriate tier, and full PA - but I'm a little fuzzy on what the "boons" I won't have access to are - is this in reference to the access to the magic items for the tier? Or something else?
- As far as character creation goes, we've had one question pop up. I feel like I was told (when I made a character at the convention), or perhaps I read somewhere, that you cannot take the Rich Parents trait during character creation for PFS. But I can't seem to find this anywhere, so I don't know if I misheard, misread, or that I'm simply blind and I've overlooked it.
- Finally, as I said we are hoping to host some public PFS events in the near future. We're a little worried that we might not be able to accommodate everyone as far as session tables go. For example, if we set up two sessions, each with a GM, but we had 15+ players show up, how would we handle that? We'd hate to turn anyone away, but we wouldn't have a 3rd GM for another table and etc.
Those are really the only questions I have, for now, though I'm sure I'll have more once we get things underway.
Thanks in advance for help!
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- As far as character creation goes, we've had one question pop up. I feel like I was told (when I made a character at the convention), or perhaps I read somewhere, that you cannot take the Rich Parents trait during character creation for PFS. But I can't seem to find this anywhere, so I don't know if I misheard, misread, or that I'm simply blind and I've overlooked it.
Hi Moogle,
Additional Resources page lists each Paizo product as they're released and the equipment, traits, deities, spells, feats, and classes contained within that are legal for play in Pathfinder Society Organized Play.
Pathfinder Character Traits Web Enhancement: all traits are legal except for the following: Hedge Magician, Magical Knack, Natural-Born Leader, and Rich Parents
Cheers,
Stephen (DarkWhite)
Pathfinder Society 4-Star GM
Venture-Captain, Australia
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Hey - glad you & your crew had fun playing at MACE West. I had fun running several mods that weekend & had an especially good time with Murder on the Throaty Mermaid.
Your suppositions regarding 'eating' an adventure are mostly correct - 1xp, full PA, & full gold appropriate for your PC's subtier.
The boon however, is not the goodies listed further down the Chronicle sheet. rather its something that only shows up now & again - things like 'Gain a +2 to Diplomacy checks when dealing with dwarves from the Three Kingdoms region' or that kind of thing..
I see that Darkwhite's already touched on the 'Rich Parents' issue. Like he said, the Additional Resources page is a good place to look for answers.
So far as future scheduling goes, I'd recommend having some form of sign-up prior to the actual day of play. Then, if there are extra folks, offer to place them at the top of the list for the next session. And encouraging your players to step behind the GM's screen is always a good way to grow your local Pathfinder group.
Hope this info proves useful.
Joe/OM
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Thanks for the quick responses!
I've highlighted the entry for Traits in my Additional Resources printout, for future reference as I'm sure it will come up often. I don't know how I missed that! I guess I was expecting to find it in the Traits section of the Guide to PFS. Doh!
@OM: Ok, I think I understand what the boons are now. So that means my character would have access to the proper tier items on the chronicle sheet, then? (I think you ran Murder on the Throaty Mermaid for us!)
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I've decided to take on the noble task of starting a PFS at a local game store. I've spoken with the owner, and we're going to start off by running a private group but eventually we'd like to have a monthly or bi-monthly public PFS event day.
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Finally, as I said we are hoping to host some public PFS events in the near future. We're a little worried that we might not be able to accommodate everyone as far as session tables go. For example, if we set up two sessions, each with a GM, but we had 15+ players show up, how would we handle that? We'd hate to turn anyone away, but we wouldn't have a 3rd GM for another table and etc.
Welcome Moogle! to the job of local coordination.
I previously posted this: Painlord's Guide to PFS Coordination.
It may help you with some of the above. I really suggest getting a Warhorn and a mailing list. The Warhorn + training your players on how to use it will make things MUCH easier to plan.
Good luck.
-Pain
p.s. Zizazat's Best Scenario Selection Order is pretty darn good.
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Just as an aside, if you want to sneak in a couple more mods, Steve's hosting a gameday at the local gamestore on 5/21. Its happening in Raleigh, so I know that's a bit of a haul from Hickory & upstate SC, but here's the info in case you're interested.
http://www.meetup.com/Game-Theory/events/17262711/
http://www.meetup.com/Game-Theory/events/17262728/
The 1st round of games starts at 11am, then 2nd at 5pm.
Maybe the 3 of you can make the trek to Raleigh.
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Linkified!
Just as an aside, if you want to sneak in a couple more mods, Steve's hosting a gameday at the local gamestore on 5/21. Its happening in Raleigh, so I know that's a bit of a haul from Hickory & upstate SC, but here's the info in case you're interested.
http://www.meetup.com/Game-Theory/events/17262711/
http://www.meetup.com/Game-Theory/events/17262728/The 1st round of games starts at 11am, then 2nd at 5pm.
Maybe the 3 of you can make the trek to Raleigh.
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Hey! It's me again.
We had to push back our first session to next Tuesday for a number of reasons (namely, player illness).
However, a player emailed me a question today I didn't know the answer to. He asked if he could have three 7's in his stats. I'm at work, so I can't look up anything for certain. But I feel like I read/was told somewhere along the lines that there was a limit to how many times you can reduce stats. You know, something like "only one stat may be reduced in this manner" or "no more than two stats may be reduced in this manner". Something. (I could be thinking of RPGA or some other system's character generation rules, so my apologies if this seems like a dumb question).
Hey! It's me again.
We had to push back our first session to next Tuesday for a number of reasons (namely, player illness).
However, a player emailed me a question today I didn't know the answer to. He asked if he could have three 7's in his stats. I'm at work, so I can't look up anything for certain. But I feel like I read/was told somewhere along the lines that there was a limit to how many times you can reduce stats. You know, something like "only one stat may be reduced in this manner" or "no more than two stats may be reduced in this manner". Something. (I could be thinking of RPGA or some other system's character generation rules, so my apologies if this seems like a dumb question).
Nope, there's no limit:
Pathfinder Society uses the “purchase” system for generating ability scores, as explained on pages 15–16 of the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook. Pathfinder Society uses the “High Fantasy” choice of 20 points, allowing you to build a solid PC at 1st level. Please remember that no score can be reduced below 7 or raised above 18 using this method. Racial modifiers are applied after the points are spent, so it is possible to begin play with a low ability score of 5 and a high ability score of 20, depending on your race choice.
So, you could have an array of:
18,17,12,7,7,7
or
18,16,14,7,7,7
There may be a few other arrays, but the choices are limited.
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Hey guys!
Our PFS group has been going strong for a few months now, and now that we're able to play at a higher level tier, we've had a new question pop up.
When you play a higher level tier, do you get access to the lower level equipment on the chronicle sheet? We think we do, and I tried pouring through the guide to find an answer, but couldn't find anything definitive - though again this could be a case of me just being blind and/or simple misinterpretation. If you get access to the lower level items, do you get access to the higher level items on the chronicle sheet, too?
Thanks in advance for the help!
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Hey guys!
Our PFS group has been going strong for a few months now, and now that we're able to play at a higher level tier, we've had a new question pop up.
When you play a higher level tier, do you get access to the lower level equipment on the chronicle sheet? We think we do, and I tried pouring through the guide to find an answer, but couldn't find anything definitive - though again this could be a case of me just being blind and/or simple misinterpretation. If you get access to the lower level items, do you get access to the higher level items on the chronicle sheet, too?
Thanks in advance for the help!
You get access to whatever items are listed for the sub-tier you played and any items of a lower sub-tier.
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You get access to whatever items are listed for the sub-tier you played and any items of a lower sub-tier.Hey guys!
Our PFS group has been going strong for a few months now, and now that we're able to play at a higher level tier, we've had a new question pop up.
When you play a higher level tier, do you get access to the lower level equipment on the chronicle sheet? We think we do, and I tried pouring through the guide to find an answer, but couldn't find anything definitive - though again this could be a case of me just being blind and/or simple misinterpretation. If you get access to the lower level items, do you get access to the higher level items on the chronicle sheet, too?
Thanks in advance for the help!
but NOT the gold from the lower tier :) Just the gold from the tier you are participating in.