Quick Question: Do PFS characters need to buy clothes?


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Do PFS characters start with a set of clothing costing less than 10gp (per CRB), or do they actually need to buy it?

Sczarni 5/5 * Venture-Lieutenant, Washington—Pullman

they start with it.

5/5 **** Venture-Captain, Massachusetts—Central & West

They start with a free set of clothes, less than 10gp.

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Fun bit of cheapskate-ness: At some point you'll need to buy a cold weather outfit, which is 8gp. You could instead choose that as your starting outfit, and buy a cheaper outfit for normal use.

Hooray for irrelevant cheese! ;D

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Jiggy wrote:

Fun bit of cheapskate-ness: At some point you'll need to buy a cold weather outfit, which is 8gp. You could instead choose that as your starting outfit, and buy a cheaper outfit for normal use.

Hooray for irrelevant cheese! ;D

Or, you know, wear the cold weather outfit, but don't wear the extra warm bits.

"This outfit includes a wool coat, linen shirt, wool cap, heavy cloak, thick pants or skirt, and boots."

Take off the wool coat, wool cap and heavy cloak, and you're more or less good for normal weather.

Lantern Lodge 5/5 * Venture-Lieutenant, South Dakota—Rapid City

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Or just wear the cap and cloak and be ready for your date with the Paracountess!

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Black Powder Chocobo wrote:
Or just wear the cap and cloak and be ready for your date with the Paracountess!

THIS

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We prefer for our Pathfinders to be clothed.

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Jonathan Cary wrote:
We prefer for our Pathfinders to be clothed.

We prefer to have them with room temperature IQ's as well but...

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Black Powder Chocobo wrote:
Or just wear the cap and cloak and be ready for your date with the Paracountess!

I can't beleave it took 6 posts to get this thread to a comment about the Paracountess....

and you have to have to boots for your date anyway. Maybe the cap, but for sure the boots.

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Jonathan Cary wrote:
We prefer for our Pathfinders to be clothed.

"Prefer"? Well, our Pathfinders "prefer" not to be roused from bed at 2am for an "emergency" mission that Dreng has known about for months.

;D

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Jiggy wrote:
Jonathan Cary wrote:
We prefer for our Pathfinders to be clothed.

"Prefer"? Well, our Pathfinders "prefer" not to be roused from bed at 2am for an "emergency" mission that Dreng has known about for months.

;D

I know, how about waking you up at 2 am for a mission to rescue Dreng?

Don't forget your courtier's outfit and appropriate jewelry, maybe, someday, you'll need it again.

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kinevon wrote:
Jiggy wrote:
Jonathan Cary wrote:
We prefer for our Pathfinders to be clothed.

"Prefer"? Well, our Pathfinders "prefer" not to be roused from bed at 2am for an "emergency" mission that Dreng has known about for months.

;D

I know, how about waking you up at 2 am for a mission to rescue Dreng?

How long has he been gone? A few days? Give it a coupla weeks, then it'll be important enough to send us out.

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@BNW - there's a place for BDPs (Big Dumb Pathfinders) -- usually in the front lines.

@Jiggy - The proper form of address is "Venture-Captain Dreng." And he isn't particularly well-known for his concern about what his minions prefer.

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Mourne wrote:
kinevon wrote:
Jiggy wrote:
Jonathan Cary wrote:
We prefer for our Pathfinders to be clothed.

"Prefer"? Well, our Pathfinders "prefer" not to be roused from bed at 2am for an "emergency" mission that Dreng has known about for months.

;D

I know, how about waking you up at 2 am for a mission to rescue Dreng?
How long has he been gone? A few days? Give it a coupla weeks, then it'll be important enough to send us out.

Actually, Dreng was last seen going into the Blackros Museum 3 weeks ago, Tuesday, and neither he, Adrim Hestril, nor Nial/Ian (whatever the currator's name is) have been seen since.

This time, you get to explore the attic. Which is really an extradimensional space reminiscent of a tesseract. Or a Klein bottle...

The title of the scenario, of course, is The Blackros Museum Quandary - Loot or Burn

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kinevon wrote:
This time, you get to explore the attic.

Already done that, interestingly enough.

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The title of the scenario, of course, is The Blackros Museum Quandary - Loot or Burn

Definitely burn. The things you would loot are usually the source of the trouble.

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Jiggy wrote:
kinevon wrote:
This time, you get to explore the attic.

Already done that, interestingly enough.

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The title of the scenario, of course, is The Blackros Museum Quandary - Loot or Burn
Definitely burn. The things you would loot are usually the source of the trouble.

I'm not sure burning will fix the problem.... just saying. It would be worth a try though.

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The Society's Master of Scrolls, Kreighton Shaine, looks somewhat dazed across the cluttered desk. He momentarily notices you, says "It seems the Dreng boy hasn't returned from a trip the Blakros museum. It's been..." his attention drifts off for several seconds. "Well, I haven't heard him yelling at any new recruits through the wall for several days now. The Ten sent a message that I should have somebody go look for him, and you're it."

Shaine's attention turns to an open book on the desk, and you are shown out of the room by an aide...
GM: Okay, anyone have Knowledge (Local)?

=p

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Is it an evil act if I tell the Pathfinder, no shirt,no socks, no shoes, no service!

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Mourne wrote:
kinevon wrote:
Jiggy wrote:
Jonathan Cary wrote:
We prefer for our Pathfinders to be clothed.

"Prefer"? Well, our Pathfinders "prefer" not to be roused from bed at 2am for an "emergency" mission that Dreng has known about for months.

;D

I know, how about waking you up at 2 am for a mission to rescue Dreng?
How long has he been gone? A few days? Give it a coupla weeks, then it'll be important enough to send us out.

And after waiting a couple of weeks, they'll still wake us up at 2 am!

Sovereign Court

Is a flasher's trenchcoat legal? :-)

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Jonathan Cary wrote:
We prefer for our Pathfinders to be clothed.

I don't know...some of the missions *do* require you to act like commandos...maybe they expect you to 'go commando' as well?

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Thank you gentleman for making me use my remaining supply of brain bleach this morning.

Dark Archive 4/5

I was considering making a bloatmage if one of my characters died. Would he get a bonus to intimidate if he wore only a cloak?

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Mergy wrote:
I was considering making a bloatmage if one of my characters died. Would he get a bonus to intimidate if he wore only a cloak?

Not helping....

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Mergy wrote:
I was considering making a bloatmage if one of my characters died. Would he get a bonus to intimidate if he wore only a cloak?

Forget the intimidate, I'd say that'd cause a fort save to avoid being nauseated. Possibly even a will save to avoid blindness.

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Mourne wrote:
Mergy wrote:
I was considering making a bloatmage if one of my characters died. Would he get a bonus to intimidate if he wore only a cloak?
Forget the intimidate, I'd say that'd cause a fort save to avoid being nauseated. Possibly even a will save to avoid blindness.

I hope this idea makes it into a PFS-legal feat for adding extreme brokenness to bad taste fun :-P

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PFS is clothing optional for characters....

... for players clothing is required.

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Dennis Baker wrote:

PFS is clothing optional for characters....

... for players clothing is required.

Expect table variation.

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TetsujinOni wrote:
Dennis Baker wrote:

PFS is clothing optional for characters....

... for players clothing is required.

Expect table variation.

Negative, Ghost Rider.

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Jonathan Cary wrote:
TetsujinOni wrote:
Dennis Baker wrote:

PFS is clothing optional for characters....

... for players clothing is required.

Expect table variation.
Negative, Ghost Rider.

*Passes Thorkull the brain bleach*

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Will there be a spot on GM feedback cards for "Did the GM remember to wear clothes?"

Shadow Lodge 4/5 Venture-Captain, California—San Francisco Bay Area South & West

I'd be cool with "Did the GM dress appropriately"?

(says he, wearing an "Order of the Stick" T-shirt and on the way to Pacificon :-)

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Jiggy wrote:
Will there be a spot on GM feedback cards for "Did the GM remember to wear clothes?"

Only if the answer is no there's a follow up question "Do you have photographic evidence of the GM's lack of clothing?" :P

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nosig wrote:
Jiggy wrote:
kinevon wrote:
This time, you get to explore the attic.

Already done that, interestingly enough.

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The title of the scenario, of course, is The Blackros Museum Quandary - Loot or Burn
Definitely burn. The things you would loot are usually the source of the trouble.
I'm not sure burning will fix the problem.... just saying. It would be worth a try though.

Considering that the walls of Blackros are made of stone, the entire place is filled with magical artifacts and oddities, and is linked in at least three ways from Sunday to other planes, I'm betting burning the place down would be a bad idea... you'd probably destroy Absalom in the process, and the museum would still be standing. Intact. Or what passes for intact given its current state.

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Michael Meunier wrote:
Jiggy wrote:
Will there be a spot on GM feedback cards for "Did the GM remember to wear clothes?"

Only if the answer is no there's a follow up question "Do you have photographic evidence of the GM's lack of clothing?" :P

Why Mike, are you in charge of verifying the claims? ;)

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Jiggy wrote:
Will there be a spot on GM feedback cards for "Did the GM remember to wear clothes?"

For some reason, I'm reminded of a Living Greyhawk game day in the Toronto area, held in a cavernous room where the temperature must have been in the upper 50s Farenheit (about 13 degrees for those crazy Canucks).

Clothing definitely wasn't optional.

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FiddlersGreen wrote:
Michael Meunier wrote:
Jiggy wrote:
Will there be a spot on GM feedback cards for "Did the GM remember to wear clothes?"

Only if the answer is no there's a follow up question "Do you have photographic evidence of the GM's lack of clothing?" :P

Why Mike, are you in charge of verifying the claims? ;)

I sure hope not....

4/5 *** Venture-Captain, Arizona—Tucson

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The Pathfinder rules need more details on light-weight outfits for PCs...

* Got a STR 7 wizard who wants to somehow look heroic? He can wear a Woolen Kilt in a plaid that makes your eyes water. (2 pounds, -2 to Stealth rolls, boots come separately)

* Playing a Chelaxian with political aspirations? Was your character portrait painted by Brom? She can wear a Black Leather Catsuit. (4 pounds, gives a +1 reaction modifier from Chelaxian politicians and bondage fetishists, 6 in. heels come separately)

* Running a powerfully muscled barbarian (of either gender)? Don't pass up on the famous Furry Loincloth, or the equally well-known Bunny Fur Bikini. More contemporary barbarians may prefer the Posing Pouch, available in a variety of gaudy colors. (1 pound each, wearer suffers -2 to saving throws vs. environmental effects such as cold or sunburn, Austrian accent comes separately)

*Want something a bit more protective? Don't forget the well-known Chainmail Bikini. [4 pounds, +1 Armor bonus, -2 to saving throws vs. chafing)

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BigNorseWolf wrote:
Jonathan Cary wrote:
We prefer for our Pathfinders to be clothed.
We prefer to have them with room temperature IQ's as well but...

An IQ of 20? It seem a bit low.

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