Yeah until Rise I was all like 'Goal for the end of the year, or January, or something'.
Puff puff puff!
I'm in the same boat; so close to my 4th star, hoping to get there soon.
Not even going to try for 5th. The specials make it unfeasibile.
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Only because of how they're handling the 4-star EX's as of late.
First it was a scenario before it released. Shiny!
Then it was an extremely lethal (strike one) scenario which either no one wanted to play (strike two) or had already played because it was previously circulated at all the conventions for a year (strike three).
Following that, it continued with parts 2 and 3 of the same thing.
Now, however, we're at least getting Serpents Rise as an exclusive. The downside now is that there are so many who are 4 stars and so many about to get 4 stars that even as an exclusive, it's a little oversaturated so most people either have played them or are currently playing them in the PbP Game Day.
That said, I think it is definitely a step in the right direction to get away from previously convention-exclusive scenarios.
Yeah not sure how I am going to tackle it. Serpents rise notwithstanding, we're still pretty limited to convention play. Not sure how many specials we can pick off via PbP, and my local group has already been sold the shiny wares (BK1 & 2) by other GM's who were working on their stars.
I suppose I can have a look at the back catalogue and try pick up a couple when that 4th star comes through.
Yeah so true! Or even if we were able to run EX version of Cyphermage etc. That is a cracking scenario!
...98...!
So close.
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Event #65492. Event Name: PFS PbP Gameday IV.
There's also a reporting link.
Is there a deadline on Serpent's Rise? Oops. Because the group I'm playing in isn't past the 2nd encounter, and it's already November 3rd. I guess we thought we had the whole month to finish up.
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Is there a deadline on Serpent's Rise? Oops. Because the group I'm playing in isn't past the 2nd encounter, and it's already November 3rd. I guess we thought we had the whole month to finish up.
The idea was that Serpent's Rise and Siege of Serpents would be run similar to Convention "Slot", so
Exclusive: Serpent’s Rise
September 19th, 2015 to November 3rd, 2015
Note: Requires 4-Star, or higher, GMs to run it. Limit one table per GM.
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Event #65492. Event Name: PFS PbP Gameday IV.
There's also a reporting link.Is there a deadline on Serpent's Rise? Oops. Because the group I'm playing in isn't past the 2nd encounter, and it's already November 3rd. I guess we thought we had the whole month to finish up.
Thanks! Where is it found? I can't believe i missed this important bit of information!
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My group is close to finished, but the finale shouldn't be rushed. :P
So, there are two sides to that. Part of the reason we have not been able to do specials for PbP is because they didn't fit into the normal Convention "Slots" model. Doing it this way was a test to see if it would work as it does in a face to face game. There was actually a good bit of planning put into this, and a lot of PbPs where consulted trying to find a practical time frame for most Play by Post games, which generally run from between 14 days (very fast push) to 60ish days (slower), with 40-45 ish being the more common trend. Because of the very nature of Slots, and particularly the Siege of Serpents Slot B game, time is intentionally meant to be short, as it's meant to be very fast paced play. Serpent's Rise was also a bit of a test run before that, so there was a reason it was given a time frame. And while the typical holidays and weekend slower posting was accounted for, the Paizo site being down so much was not specifically. However that while valid, does create another issue, because the Paizo site is not the only site that is being used for play, and it does give an unfair advantage to people either way if it's altered. Not as important for Serpent's Rise, but it could be very significant to Siege of Serpents, and, as I understand it (only vaguely), there is some overlap between the two scenarios.
We will just have to wait and see. :) More info should be coming soon, if it is not already out.
Thanks! Where is it found? I can't believe i missed this important bit of information!
It was emailed out to the GM's along with the guidelines for Boons.
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Howdy!
As DM Beckett has indicated - the exclusive and special were largely a test run for "slots" in PbP. Everything we learn from this one will be used to make the next one better. (And we have learned a lot this go round.)
Serpent's Rise can continue on if you are not finished - the November 3rd date was not a hard cutoff date - just a goal (although it must be done by the end of the "Gameday' on December 20th - that is a hard cutoff date).
The goal was to have as many of the Exclusive tables as possible finished by November 3rd - but only two, maybe three, tables actually finished by that date.
We'll be gathering up public feedback at the end of all this, but also feel free to drop us any feedback you have any time HERE.
- Jesse [IronHelixx]
PFS VC, Online Play