pregen death clarification

[Patrick Harris @ SD]

I was playing a pregen last night and died.

Let me say right now that this was entirely my own fault. I was playing the ninja and I stopped moving. Whoops.

Anyway, I know it can be pointed at a blank character slot (it actually already was; I'd planned to use the credit to start a new character), but my question is this: I died during the first combat. I have no idea what happens after. Am I able to replay this scenario with another character at a later date, or is it shut out forever?

[W. Kristoph Nolen]

If the scenario was finished, even by the other players, and Chronicles were awarded, then you can't replay it. You may run it and get another Chronicle, but it's otherwise one Chronicle per player, per scenario.

[Patrick Harris @ SD]

Well, feh.

[Ben Mathis]

That doesn't make any sense.
I know the rule is one player Chronicle and one GM Chronicle for any given Scenario per player. And they can't be on the same character.

So...if he died he didn't get a Chronicle. `Why can't he play it again and get one?

Not trying to be difficult, but it doesn't make a lot of sense.

[kinevon]

Ben Mathis wrote:

That doesn't make any sense.

I know the rule is one player Chronicle and one GM Chronicle for any given Scenario per player. And they can't be on the same character.

So...if he died he didn't get a Chronicle. `Why can't he play it again and get one?

Not trying to be difficult, but it doesn't make a lot of sense.

But he did get a chronicle. A chronicle denoting that the PC died and was not raised before the scenario ended.

Of course, said chronicle would denote that the PC hadn't earned any XP for the scenario, but that is different than not receiving a chronicle at all.

[Patrick Harris @ SD]

It is interesting actually. If I had gotten an emergency call and left one round earlier, I would be able to replay later. Instead, I died, and that scenario is permanently locked to me. It's an unfortunate policy.

[W. Kristoph Nolen]

You're right, Patrick ... it is.
This is one of those corner cases in which the policy has unintended consequences. It's not intended to bust someone for an emergency situation.
... sadly, it's not something that can really change, since it's there for an official reason to prevent abuse by other players, and it would cause havoc if it were allowed. I'm truly sorry for the predicament.

[Patrick Harris @ SD]

W. Kristoph Nolen wrote:

You're right, Patrick ... it is.

This is one of those corner cases in which the policy has unintended consequences. It's not intended to bust someone for an emergency situation.
... sadly, it's not something that can really change, since it's there for an official reason to prevent abuse by other players, and it would cause havoc if it were allowed. I'm truly sorry for the predicament.

No, no, I know. And, all things considered, I did die: Not being able to replay the scenario is hardly unfair. Just unfortunate.

[brock]

Patrick Harris @ SD wrote:

No, no, I know. And, all things considered, I did die: Not being able to replay the scenario is hardly unfair. Just unfortunate.

My understanding is that you can replay the scenario, just not get credit for it - am I mistaken?

[Rob Duncan]

"If you rerun it and don't get credit, what happens if your character dies?" would be the limiting factor for me.

For cases like this (unless I'm told I'm wrong later), if I had four at the table to make it PFS-legal, I would let you run it with a pregen just as if I ran an NPC to bring it to legal play.

You wouldn't get any benefit besides the play time, because you don't get a chronicle sheet, and you wouldn't risk anything because it's a pregen.

I would /not/ let you rerun this with a custom character because if your character died again, it would be awkward tracking it.

[Jiggy]

Wait... Did you or did you not receive a Chronicle sheet?

I don't have the Guide in front of me (can't download stuff at work, and it's still not available on the web), but I was under the impression that the following two points were true:

1. If you participated in fewer than three encounters (regardless of whether you died or not) you don't get a chronicle sheet.
2. You can get up to one chronicle sheet for playing a scenario.

If both of the above points are true (I could be mis-remembering), then the OP shouldn't have gotten a chronicle (since he didn't participate in 3 encounters) and is therefore still eligible to earn his 1 allotted player chronicle for that scenario.

So if someone with access to the wording in the Guide could double-check those points, that should clear up this situation with sufficient finality.

[cblome59]

Jiggy wrote:

1. If you participated in fewer than three encounters (regardless of whether you died or not) you don't get a chronicle sheet.

Jiggy, that's the rule for whether or not you get XP for the Scenario. Regardless, you ALWAYS get a chronicle sheet.

[Jiggy]

Clint Blome wrote:

Jiggy wrote:

1. If you participated in fewer than three encounters (regardless of whether you died or not) you don't get a chronicle sheet.

Jiggy, that's the rule for whether or not you get XP for the Scenario. Regardless, you ALWAYS get a chronicle sheet.

Really? I guess I need to re-read some stuff in the Guide.