Learning a truename in PFS?

[Benrislove]

truenames/bindings

Possible? GM signs off after a sessions and leaves a note? or just "Nope, can't do it?"

[Fromper]

From page 24 of the latest Guide to Organized Play:

Quote:

All spells and effects end at the end of a scenario with

the following exceptions:
• Spells and effects with permanent or instantaneous
duration that heal damage, repair damage, or remove
harmful conditions remain in effect at the end of the
scenario.
• Afflictions and harmful conditions obtained during
a scenario remain until healed and carry over from
scenario to scenario (except in specific instances as
noted on Page 22).
• A character may have one each of the following spells that
carries overs from scenario to scenario: continual flame,
masterwork transformation, secret chest, and secret page.

I'd call this an effect. So no permanent bindings in PFS.

[Benrislove]

I wasn't looking for permanent bindings, just learning a truename to bind an outsider in the future.

Usually they are more willing to deal if you know their truename, and can use the "I won't call you again" as a pretty strong bargaining chip :)

[Harley Quinn X]

There is a "True Name" arcane discovery that is disallowed for PFS, so my thoughts would be towards no. It seems like the way you want to know a true name is different than the discovery, so some mileage may vary. Knowing a true name is a very strong bargaining chip, and for PFS it's even stronger, due to the 4-hour time slot of a scenario. There's no repercussions to knowing an outsider's true name in PFS like there would be in a full campaign.

Quote:

Discoveries: arcane builder arcane discovery, golem constructor arcane discovery, true name arcane discovery, staff-like wand arcane discovery are not legal for play.

[Benrislove]

The true-name discovery is also a "free" planar binding that can't fail, so it has other problems.

No makes sense though.