Replaying scenarios.

[HeatherV]

Hi!

I'm really new to Game Mastering, and most of my players are also very new to Pathfinder, with one exception in our group.

The current guide that I've read through states:

"All Tier 1 scenarios and Tier 1–2 sanctioned modules are
available for unlimited replay with a 1st-level character for
credit. The sanctioned modules may also be played with a
2nd-level character once for credit in each mode. GMs may
receive another Chronicle sheet each time they run one of
the Tier 1 scenarios or Tier 1–2 sanctioned modules, but
may only apply a Chronicle sheet to one 2nd-level character
per adventure."

I want to make sure I completely understand this rule -- does this ONLY apply to scenarios that have NO other tiers as part of them?

Example: A lot of scenarios have multiple tiers available, and you select and run the level appropriate tier for your group, and that determines the rewards they get.

I'm asking because I ran Among the Living for the new group at tier 1-2, and it turns out our more experienced player had played it... 6 years ago, on a character he doesn't even use anymore, and couldn't even remember the game. So he couldn't get credit on his new character.

I have now showed him how to go back through his session history for each character he has registered and have pulled a list of scenarios that he's already run so I know to avoid those in the future.

I just want to be clear on my understanding though, so that I can answer questions for others in my group, and definitely make sure to avoid this happening again by accident if we have any other experienced players join us for a session or two at any point.

Thanks so much for taking the time to read through all this. I hope it's not too confusing.

[TriOmegaZero]

Correct. Only adventures with just the Tier 1 or Tier 1-2 ranges can be replayed for credit. If it has a higher tier range or multiple tier ranges, it cannot be replayed for credit.

[BigNorseWolf]

So what you're going to want to do in that situation is get a list of every scenario the experienced player can still play and use those adventures whenever possible. Makes scheduling for everyone easier.

Thanks for stepping up!

[HeatherV]

Steven Schopmeyer wrote:

Correct. Only adventures with just the Tier 1 or Tier 1-2 ranges can be replayed for credit. If it has a higher tier range or multiple tier ranges, it cannot be replayed for credit.

Thanks, I just wanted to make sure that would be correct. :) That's a huge help!

[HeatherV]

BigNorseWolf, that is pretty much what I have done. The player didn't know how to get access to that list until I showed him. I have now made a complete list (it's less than 10 scenarios, so it won't be too bad!) of scenarios to avoid running due to cross-over for that player. The newer players have never played any Pathfinder until that session, and they all pretty much played with pregens because they weren't sure they wanted to stay with Pathfinder long-term.

So far it seems like most of them will stick around and will be registering, so I'll have a regular home game to start out. I've personally been playing Pathfinder since 2010, but I've never taken the GM role until now. I owe that to a couple other awesome GMs I've worked with, including some amazing folks at GenCon this year. If I'm half-as-good as the GMs I've been learning from, I'll be pretty happy!

Thanks a lot for the encouragement and for answering my questions! :)

[TriOmegaZero]

If you need a handy list of scenarios, I use this one.

[HeatherV]

Steven Schopmeyer wrote:

If you need a handy list of scenarios, I use this one.

Thanks! That should be helpful. I just made a list of what I know that player has played in a word document and figured I would check it before prepping any scenarios. This will work well for helping me know what I've run and played as well since I will be running for one group, playing in another, and played a bunch of stuff at GenCon this year.

I did have one other question, if you don't mind. If you GM a scenario with multiple tiers, are you allowed to assign it to a character of a different tier than what you ran based on your players' characters? I went ahead and assigned Among the Living to a level 1 character I have because my players were all level 1, but I also have a level 3 rogue right now that is one game away from level 4. I just want to know if that would be allowed since some of the other scenarios I am running have multiple tiers.

Thanks so much for all your help!

[Paz]

HeatherV wrote:

I did have one other question, if you don't mind. If you GM a scenario with multiple tiers, are you allowed to assign it to a character of a different tier than what you ran based on your players' characters? I went ahead and assigned Among the Living to a level 1 character I have because my players were all level 1, but I also have a level 3 rogue right now that is one game away from level 4. I just want to know if that would be allowed since some of the other scenarios I am running have multiple tiers.

That's fine; the subtier you run the session at doesn't have any bearing on the level of PC you can assign the GM credit to. If you give credit for a tier 1-5 scenario to a 3rd-level PC, they get out-of-subtier gold and access to the subtier 1-2 items off the chronicle, whatever the levels of the PCs you GMed for.

[HeatherV]

Paz wrote:

That's fine; the subtier you run the session at doesn't have any bearing on the level of PC you can assign the GM credit to. If you give credit for a tier 1-5 scenario to a 3rd-level PC, they get out-of-subtier gold and access to the subtier 1-2 items off the chronicle, whatever the levels of the PCs you GMed for.

Thanks! I just wanted to make sure I did everything right. :) I really appreciate you taking the time to answer my questions!