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the only time I do anything different with my folio is when I am GMing.
When I have a new or inexperienced player at my table, I will usually
pass them my own folio if they are in a really really really really bad situation.
I also usually pass it with the caveat that they strongly consider purchasing one of their own, after the session, from the LGS we are playing at...or at the very least, purchase SOMETHING from the LGS in thanks
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If your argument is based on the technical definition of the word use, you can be pretty sure it's a bad argument, because the people writing the rules weren't taking the time to cunningly employ those precise shades of meaning when they were giving you a fun way to keep your character alive.
Wow. You took my post way more seriously than I did.
As quoted above, Mike Brock said you just have to have the Folio on the table. That's all that really matters.
For what it's worth, there are GMs who also follow that rule and don't always spell that out ahead of time. You might want to start asking.
All the GMs that I have played with at our local store is ok with it. If I play under a new GM, I will clarify. And if he says he does require it to be filled in, I will point out that Mike Brock has said it to be fine in not being filled in. (Maybe I should print that post out to be safe).
Thank you for your input and suggestions.
If your argument is based on the technical definition of the word use, you can be pretty sure it's a bad argument, because the people writing the rules weren't taking the time to cunningly employ those precise shades of meaning when they were giving you a fun way to keep your character alive.
lol Bravo Fromper.
Chris, what I think Fromper was getting at is there many legitimate reasons to 'use' the folio, and not just 'use' as in having to fill it out.
Where obviously some of the reasons he gave were a bit ridiculous, they were meant to be and poking fun at GMs who feel 'use' should only be used as in filling it out.
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Wow. You took my post way more seriously than I did.As quoted above, Mike Brock said you just have to have the Folio on the table. That's all that really matters.
Agreed, and my post wasn't directed at you, so much as at the general tendency to perform Talmudic scholarship on the forum posts by PFS campaign management.
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Technically the guide says the player may reroll one d20 during the session. It does not state it must have been one of their own rolls.That strand of logic will not end until someone says it to support a player using their reroll to make the GM reroll the BBEG's crit-confirmation against any PC...
Well that would be silly. We always use it to have the GM reroll the hit that threatened the crit in the first place. Much more efficacious.
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As a GM I personally don't care if you have it out or not ... less on the table means less we have to work around. I understand the logic behind wanting things to be seen to promote, however, generally table space is at a premium and while folios are nice and flat, t-shirts are not.
As for the Star re-roll. I worked hard to get mine and spend a lot of time to get them. They are mine and I won't be sharing them.
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Same if you served me a slice of pizza or other delicious food on it (with a plate or paper towel between them, of course).I'm fully in support of this one. "Using it as a tray to deliver free drinks to the GM," is equally valid.Using it to fan the GM, because you're a total brown noser. +1
Do I get a bonus on my reroll if I am using the folio to pass the GM a $20 bill under the table?
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Our area has no real problem with donating rerolls to players at need. Just as long as someone has a folio/shirt/token, they can allow other players to use it. GM stars do NOT travel, nor do yours count if you accept a reroll from someone else. The only exception to this rule that I've ever seen was when we had a bunch of GMs at the table. A one star GM gave their reroll to another one star GM, and the table consensus (including the GM for the session) was that he got a +1 to the roll. Needless to say, this happens rarely.
As a GM, I never use my reroll against the party. There have been a couple of times when I've insta-donated my roll to the table to help a player in need, but I only use this in extreme circumstances (IE impending character death) as a substitute to GM dice fudging. I haven't done this for a character over 5th level and while I won't say I never will, it would be much less likely.
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There have been a couple of times when I've insta-donated my roll to the table to help a player in need, but I only use this in extreme circumstances (IE impending character death) as a substitute to GM dice fudging.
This is what I had in mind :)
IF the situation came up, just making sure that it is a legit play.
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Additionally, when a player uses a free reroll, she may present her Pathfinder Society membership card and receive an additional +1 for every GM star she has earned, for a maximum of a +5.
If we follow the RAW here, only players get the star benefit from rerolls, and the player that rolls uses their stars.
At the end of games, if it hasn't been used, I sometimes toss my reroll (as a player) to the lowest level player for their day job, so they can get a +5 on it. After reading this passage, I now realize they'd have to use their own star bonus. Which is a bummer; I liked helping people out with the clutch +5.
There's no mention in the guide about GMs giving rerolls to players. It'd be nice if GMs could give unlucky or newer players a reroll with a slight modifier. But there's nothing in RAW that supports the reroll or the bonus. However, since GM rerolls always been an unsung thing in PFS, I don't see why that star bonus shouldn't carry over as well for those that employ them.
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There's no mention in the guide about GMs giving rerolls to players.
Mike Brock, however, has sanctioned the practice in this post
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There's no mention in the guide about GMs giving rerolls to players.Mike Brock, however, has sanctioned the practice in this post
Very good!