Character rebuild after prolonged absence


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So let's say it's been about two years (almost three) since I played PFS. I had a 4th level character before I moved but I've moved twice since then. Can't find any of the characters paperwork.

Let's say the stats for the character (at level one) are at Paizo. Let's further say that the feat chain was posted on a messageboard, so that's recovered.

Let's further further say that I can remember the basics of the character's equipment but not the specifics, and not how much gold the character earned on his last mission.

Am I still allowed to play this character? Is there a guide for minimum amount of gp based on number of scenarios played?

5/5 5/55/55/5

Unless you remember differently, I would assume that you earned full gold in tier on your last mission.

rebuild it as best you're able to remember.


BigNorseWolf wrote:

Unless you remember differently, I would assume that you earned full gold in tier on your last mission.

rebuild it as best you're able to remember.

Thank you.

... so, is there a chart of how much gold per scenario per tier?

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

If you contact a willing VC, they can actually go through your play history and let you know how much gold you had. Also, do you still have the chronicle sheets? [EDIT: Just saw the part about not having paperwork. Ignore that part.]

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Welcome back to PFS!

You should contact a Venture-Officer anyway. A character without Chronicles at the table is not technically legal for play, so your best bet is to get a GM or V-O to look at your online record, issue you Chronicle sheets based on your record, and then sign off on the character after you rebuild it. That will give you some paperwork to show your next GM when you just show up with a 4-level PC and no Chronicles.

Dark Archive 1/5

GM Lamplighter wrote:

Welcome back to PFS!

You should contact a Venture-Officer anyway. A character without Chronicles at the table is not technically legal for play, so your best bet is to get a GM or V-O to look at your online record, issue you Chronicle sheets based on your record, and then sign off on the character after you rebuild it. That will give you some paperwork to show your next GM when you just show up with a 4-level PC and no Chronicles.

This sounds fair and about right with the spirit of the game. As said, it doesn't have to be VO - just your local GM.

Also, just to be sure you're aware - you can also view your gaming history, as long as the games were reported (sadly, not all GM's get around to doing this). To view your history, click on the "Pathfinder Society" logo on the left of the screen. Then, look for 'My Pathfinder Society' in the newly displayed secondary menu (a page text search will find it). Then click on the 'Sessions' tab, and then the 'Player Sessions', and your history should be there (if reported!).


Hollister Gorgonton the Lich wrote:
GM Lamplighter wrote:

Welcome back to PFS!

You should contact a Venture-Officer anyway. A character without Chronicles at the table is not technically legal for play, so your best bet is to get a GM or V-O to look at your online record, issue you Chronicle sheets based on your record, and then sign off on the character after you rebuild it. That will give you some paperwork to show your next GM when you just show up with a 4-level PC and no Chronicles.

This sounds fair and about right with the spirit of the game. As said, it doesn't have to be VO - just your local GM.

Also, just to be sure you're aware - you can also view your gaming history, as long as the games were reported (sadly, not all GM's get around to doing this). To view your history, click on the "Pathfinder Society" logo on the left of the screen. Then, look for 'My Pathfinder Society' in the newly displayed secondary menu (a page text search will find it). Then click on the 'Sessions' tab, and then the 'Player Sessions', and your history should be there (if reported!).

I have my sessions history (which is how I known I'm 4th level), I just don't have my gp and equipment. Some of it I remember, like adding +1 to my Chain Shirt.

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joeyfixit wrote:
Hollister Gorgonton the Lich wrote:
GM Lamplighter wrote:

Welcome back to PFS!

You should contact a Venture-Officer anyway. A character without Chronicles at the table is not technically legal for play, so your best bet is to get a GM or V-O to look at your online record, issue you Chronicle sheets based on your record, and then sign off on the character after you rebuild it. That will give you some paperwork to show your next GM when you just show up with a 4-level PC and no Chronicles.

This sounds fair and about right with the spirit of the game. As said, it doesn't have to be VO - just your local GM.

Also, just to be sure you're aware - you can also view your gaming history, as long as the games were reported (sadly, not all GM's get around to doing this). To view your history, click on the "Pathfinder Society" logo on the left of the screen. Then, look for 'My Pathfinder Society' in the newly displayed secondary menu (a page text search will find it). Then click on the 'Sessions' tab, and then the 'Player Sessions', and your history should be there (if reported!).

I have my sessions history (which is how I known I'm 4th level), I just don't have my gp and equipment. Some of it I remember, like adding +1 to my Chain Shirt.

Excellent, so you can contact your closest VO and they should be able to assist you in getting new chronicles issues for those sessions.

It really should be a VO, as only a VC (and possibly VL) can actually see your play history without being at the same computer screen physically with you. Also, as one of their perks, VO's get the all of the scenarios made available to them, so they're guaranteed to have access to the scenario you need a chronicle from. Most GM's I've talked to don't have that large of a PDF library. Some do, but it's few and far between in my experience.

Grand Lodge 4/5

Note: The best way to get the complete session history for a PC, if you GM and play, is to click on the Sessions button by the PC's name on the Player page of My Pathfinder Society. That will show just the sessions for that PC, but include both Player and GM credits on that PC.

Liberty's Edge 1/5

You don't always get 100% of the gold so I'm not sure how you can just assume the PC got full gold each time it played. Plus who knows how many consumables were bought and used.

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Rambone: yeah, true... but when it is an honest mistake, it's better to let the player come back rather than tell them to start over. If it became a habit with someone, that's another issue.

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