Four Summer 2015 Specials!


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Shadow Lodge 4/5

Nefreet wrote:

We just walked past the first encounter.

It's only deadly if you stay to fight it.

Sometimes you need to know when to run.

How'd you get back out? :)

Grand Lodge 4/5

Renegade Paladin wrote:

Risen From the Sands was a near-TPK on the first encounter; we were only saved by a lucky greatsword crit.

As for Dawn of the Scarlet Sun... ** spoiler omitted **

And, so?

Spoiler:
While using the ability, she is not immune to the PCs, if they have things like force effects, and some way to find her location. In the meantime, she cannot affect them without returning to the prime material plane, and it is still a standard action to use.

Remember that at will does not mean without normal action cost, which, for a spell or SLA is a standard action.

Ethereal Jaunt wrote:

You become ethereal, along with your equipment. For the duration of the spell, you are in the Ethereal Plane, which overlaps the Material Plane. When the spell expires, you return to material existence.

An ethereal creature is invisible, insubstantial, and capable of moving in any direction, even up or down, albeit at half normal speed. As an insubstantial creature, you can move through solid objects, including living creatures. An ethereal creature can see and hear on the Material Plane, but everything looks gray and ephemeral. Sight and hearing onto the Material Plane are limited to 60 feet.

Force effects and abjurations affect an ethereal creature normally. Their effects extend onto the Ethereal Plane from the Material Plane, but not vice versa. An ethereal creature can't attack material creatures, and spells you cast while ethereal affect only other ethereal things. Certain material creatures or objects have attacks or effects that work on the Ethereal Plane.

Treat other ethereal creatures and ethereal objects as if they were material.

If you end the spell and become material while inside a material object (such as a solid wall), you are shunted off to the nearest open space and take 1d6 points of damage per 5 feet that you so travel.

Not sure what advantage it really gives her, since readies can still get triggered when she returns, and she cannot use it the same round she attacks.

Silver Crusade

Nefreet wrote:

We just walked past the first encounter.

It's only deadly if you stay to fight it.

Sometimes you need to know when to run.

One of the players had a dwarf and that hallway is very long. :P He got run over repeatedly until knocked unconscious.
kinevon wrote:
Renegade Paladin wrote:

Risen From the Sands was a near-TPK on the first encounter; we were only saved by a lucky greatsword crit.

As for Dawn of the Scarlet Sun... ** spoiler omitted **

And, so?

** spoiler omitted **...

Spoiler:
And so she has supreme mobility on an APL+3 chassis that becomes extremely deadly with surprise. She has three rounds to make the death attack after completing study. There are all kinds of ways she can work with that; she's not limited to popping out right next to her target. Charm monster means the target doesn't recognize her as an enemy, or she could go with the simple expedient of readying an action to stab the target as he goes through the next door. Even if none of this works, she's still an extremely deadly and mobile threat that's extremely hard for the party to reliably hurt, especially if using the provided pregens. Valeros' primary attack needs a 17 to hit, for instance, and even Seelah smiting (which she will be if the player didn't burn both of them too early, I'll grant) needs to roll fairly high. The spellcasters didn't prepare much that's particularly helpful (she does not care about a 5d6 fireball, for one) bar blindness/deafness, and even then she has a very high chance of making the save or tanking it on her SR. Really, the paladin is their only chance, and she can't make the succubus hold still in front of her.
Sovereign Court 5/5 RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32, 2010 Top 8

Yeah, I mauled a party pretty bad with DotSS (And can't wait to run it for Core PCs)

RftS can be dangerous. Amusingly the evil encounter was nerfed by my PC, even though I completely forgot about it.

Spoiler:
I tried very hard not to metagame my utility belt, and forgot about the roller of death. So when we encountered it I mentally went "oh crap!" Fortunately, Tangleshot arrows are standard equipment. Glued it to the floor and the party wailed on it. GM's comment. "If it was anyone but YOU I'd think you metagamed it. But you entangle EVERYTHING!"

Grand Lodge 4/5

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My owlbear made pretty short work of DotSS. :)

Scarab Sages 4/5

Matthew Morris wrote:

Yeah, I mauled a party pretty bad with DotSS (And can't wait to run it for Core PCs)

RftS can be dangerous. Amusingly the evil encounter was nerfed by my PC, even though I completely forgot about it.

** spoiler omitted **

Spoiler:
After being trampled once, we were going to run from it, until the Monk decided to run back to it and grapple it. The Monk nearly didn't survive. Someone did eventually pull out a tanglefoot bag, and thankfully we had a couple of characters that could put out enough damage to hurt it.
Silver Crusade

Michael Brock wrote:

6-98 and 6-99 are single table, pregenerated character scenarios. One will convert to a 4 star GM exclusive and the other to a 5 star GM exclusive after Gen Con.

6-97 and 6-98 are debuting at PaizoCon. The other two are debuting at Gen Con.

6-97 and 7-00 can be run at any large game day or convention that can hosts the required minimum number of concurrent tables.

From the perspective of trying to plan my Gen Con experience and schedule...

Is this to mean that 6-97 and 7-00 are *both* going to be at Gen Con this summer, or will only 7-00 be at Gen Con, with 6-97 at PaizoCon?

We don't get "two specials" at Gen Con that often, and I already agreed to GM some stuff both Thur and Sat nights, figuring the "one" special would be Friday. If I need to change that, it'd be ideal to know sooner rather than later. :-)

Silver Crusade 5/5

All four events mentioned will be at Gencon.

Silver Crusade

UndeadMitch wrote:
All four events mentioned will be at Gencon.

Bloody Hell.... Thurs and Friday evenings for the multi-tables I expect?

5/5

Markuus Brightsteel wrote:
UndeadMitch wrote:
All four events mentioned will be at Gencon.
Bloody Hell.... Thurs and Friday evenings for the multi-tables I expect?

That is correct.

Grand Lodge 5/5

The Risen first encounter:

Spoiler:
When I GM'ed it our Bloodrager pregen rage flipped it! It was creative solution and we did a cmb check and he ate the attack of op. It moves on rollers, so if its upside down it ain't going anywhere. Clever solution, though i did manage to kill the bloodrager with the boss fight

Also I did a GM count as well, I Gm'ed my first game October 1st, 2012

2012 11GM 43P
2013 38GM 47P
2014 33GM 16P
2015 22GM 9P

I like the idea of 4 star and 5 star scenario exclusives. No need to let VLs get them.

Paizo Employee 4/5 Developer

Kevin Ingle wrote:
Markuus Brightsteel wrote:
UndeadMitch wrote:
All four events mentioned will be at Gencon.
Bloody Hell.... Thurs and Friday evenings for the multi-tables I expect?
That is correct.

Every evening is a great evening to plan on being in the Sagamore Ballroom playing Pathfinder Society Organized Play—and that's to say nothing of the three new scenarios, host of Pathfinder Adventure Card Guild scenarios, new set of Quests, and other exciting opportunities to play. I think I can safely say that there is enough new and special content at Gen Con that one could stay in the Sagamore for the entire weekend and never replay the same content (not even counting the Season 6 scenarios available).

4/5 Designer

John Compton wrote:
Kevin Ingle wrote:
Markuus Brightsteel wrote:
UndeadMitch wrote:
All four events mentioned will be at Gencon.
Bloody Hell.... Thurs and Friday evenings for the multi-tables I expect?
That is correct.
Every evening is a great evening to plan on being in the Sagamore Ballroom playing Pathfinder Society Organized Play—and that's to say nothing of the three new scenarios, host of Pathfinder Adventure Card Guild scenarios, new set of Quests, and other exciting opportunities to play. I think I can safely say that there is enough new and special content at Gen Con that one could stay in the Sagamore for the entire weekend and never replay the same content (not even counting the Season 6 scenarios available).

Yeah, I'm jealous of all you guys who get to play this year!

Shadow Lodge 4/5

Mark Seifter wrote:
Yeah, I'm jealous of all you guys who get to play this year!

*points* HA HA!

4/5 ****

Mark Seifter wrote:
Yeah, I'm jealous of all you guys who get to play this year!

I managed to shanghai John Compton to play at a table last year. Maybe I can get you this year?

Paizo Employee 4/5 Developer

Robert Hetherington wrote:
Mark Seifter wrote:
Yeah, I'm jealous of all you guys who get to play this year!
I managed to shanghai John Compton to play at a table last year. Maybe I can get you this year?

I know, I know…playing one game together convinced you avoid repeating the process. I see how it is!

*John "harumph"s indignantly a few times*

Well there are other venture-captains, Hetherington! Others, you hear?!?

*Fist-shaking ensues*

In truth:
It was good playing through Bonekeep, Part 3 with another faithful disciple of Yaezhing! At this point I have no idea what my Gen Con schedule is even looking like—beyond helping with the multi-table interactive Specials.

Dark Archive 4/5 5/5 ****

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Mark Seifter wrote:
John Compton wrote:
Kevin Ingle wrote:
Markuus Brightsteel wrote:
UndeadMitch wrote:
All four events mentioned will be at Gencon.
Bloody Hell.... Thurs and Friday evenings for the multi-tables I expect?
That is correct.
Every evening is a great evening to plan on being in the Sagamore Ballroom playing Pathfinder Society Organized Play—and that's to say nothing of the three new scenarios, host of Pathfinder Adventure Card Guild scenarios, new set of Quests, and other exciting opportunities to play. I think I can safely say that there is enough new and special content at Gen Con that one could stay in the Sagamore for the entire weekend and never replay the same content (not even counting the Season 6 scenarios available).
Yeah, I'm jealous of all you guys who get to play this year!

Play? People play at gencon? I thought we just GMed . Oh, wait... someone has to sit at our tables ;)

Dark Archive 4/5 5/5 ****

Robert Hetherington wrote:
Mark Seifter wrote:
Yeah, I'm jealous of all you guys who get to play this year!
I managed to shanghai John Compton to play at a table last year. Maybe I can get you this year?

Count me in, please!

Of course,it would have to be Friday or Saturday morning slot, but if it works?

3/5

John Compton wrote:
** spoiler omitted **

I think it would be really cool if you, Mike, and maybe a few other Paizo staffers could run table and one of the specials -- not necessarily the same special.

I know this is not the personal PaizoCon ....
I know every Paizo employee that's not in Seattle is really busy ...
I know you all are great people ...
It still would be really cool that some ordinary players would get the opportunity to play a game at one of your table.

Just saying ....

4/5

So the one day I'm not running as much at GenCon is Sat. What should I play! (Some time will be for exploring the show floor)?

Also I haven't finalized my travel plans yet but does anyone want to do a slot 0 game on Wednesday?

4/5 ****

John Compton wrote:

*John "harumph"s indignantly a few times*

Well there are other venture-captains, Hetherington! Others, you hear?!?

*Fist-shaking ensues*

Don't you worry, I'll try and shanghai you again this year too :)

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