Chronicle Sheet Change Request

[Borrowgust Brick]

Not sure where to post, I have 2 chronicle sheet requests. I’d like to see starting and ending city (location) on the chronicle sheet. I feel this would help me connect the dots as a player. As a GM when printing out chronicle sheets (also scenarios) I’d like to see less black borders as that uses a lot of ink. Thanks

[Protoman]

For the starting/ending location, why not just write it down on your own like you would with purchases? I'm sure lots of folks already do so for the Grand Lodge faction journal cards.

[Borrowgust Brick]

Protoman wrote:

For the starting/ending location, why not just write it down on your own like you would with purchases? I'm sure lots of folks already do so for the Grand Lodge faction journal cards.

I like your idea, the GM should hand out the Chronicle at the start of the adventure so we can write notes on it. The GM can fill in the GM stuff at the end.

[BigNorseWolf]

Borrowgust Brick wrote:

Protoman wrote:

For the starting/ending location, why not just write it down on your own like you would with purchases? I'm sure lots of folks already do so for the Grand Lodge faction journal cards.

I like your idea, the GM should hand out the Chronicle at the start of the adventure so we can write notes on it. The GM can fill in the GM stuff at the end.

the chronicles often have spoilers on them like "Having saved Redbeard from his death at the hands of the razor shark...." that let you know when you see redbeard dangling over the platform to pull out all the stops to save him because its a boon.

One option i use when casters are swapping spells is to bend the chronicle over , but that only works if there's blank space on the chronicle sheet. Thats gotten rarer as core hand resulted in every mundane item going back on the chronicle sheet.

[Kiroshka]

I know! As a paladin of Arshea, can I keep notes on which NPCs in each scenario I, um, performed holy rites with?

[Wei Ji the Learner]

Kiroshka wrote:

I know! As a paladin of Arshea, can I keep notes on which NPCs in each scenario I, um, performed holy rites with?

What happens in Kaer Maga stays in Kaer Maga?

[Fromper]

BigNorseWolf wrote:

Borrowgust Brick wrote:

Protoman wrote:

For the starting/ending location, why not just write it down on your own like you would with purchases? I'm sure lots of folks already do so for the Grand Lodge faction journal cards.

I like your idea, the GM should hand out the Chronicle at the start of the adventure so we can write notes on it. The GM can fill in the GM stuff at the end.

the chronicles often have spoilers on them like "Having saved Redbeard from his death at the hands of the razor shark...." that let you know when you see redbeard dangling over the platform to pull out all the stops to save him because its a boon.

One option i use when casters are swapping spells is to bend the chronicle over , but that only works if there's blank space on the chronicle sheet. Thats gotten rarer as core hand resulted in every mundane item going back on the chronicle sheet.

My old group used to give out the chronicle sheets at the beginning, but flipped over, and they had to stay face down. That way, you could take notes on the back during the adventure, but weren't allowed to look at what was printed on the front.

[Cpt_kirstov]

I put the names on the chronicles at the beginning, and track gold expenditures and/or diseases or other things that must be fixed by the end of the scenario.

I try to hand out index cards before the opening for people to take notes, and staple the player's notes to the chronicle. about 1/2 my local players have taken the hint that something said might be important, and take at least *some* notes and welcome the stapling...

[Protoman]

Someone in my lodge write notes on the back of his previous chronicle sheet.

I suggest maybe writing in a journal, jotting notes down on laptop/tablet (if using Hero Lab that's what the journal tab is for, not just for keeping track of money) during scenario and you can fill in extra details on chronicle later.

[Damanta]

I'm simply using a notebook for record keeping. Usually an A4 page per scenario, though sometimes I need both sides. This means that I usually have 2 papers per scenario: the chronicle sheet and the logbook page.

I tend to write down whom I adventure with, which VC is giving out the mission, what the mission entails and then try to keep records of the most important happenings, useful/useable loot, and occasionally drawing maps.
I also tend to write down any shopping I do, so that I don't have to do the ITS updating in the middle of the adventure and have some more space to tally the total expenditure for the chronicle sheet.

This has on more than one occassion helped in getting a 2nd prestige point, because there needed to be documentation, a map or a detailed debriefing.

[BigNorseWolf]

Has anyone ever tried pasting/glueing the chronicles into a sketchbook or something more permanant?

I'd love to have the money to get a glowforge or something and scan/burn the chronicles into a journal .. someday....

[nosig]

I normally use an oversized sticky note (3"x5" or 4"x6") - I take a pad of them (lined like notebook paper) and split it up so that half a dozen or so are in each character binder, stuck to the inside cover.

I'll stick one to my character sheet and keep notes on it thru the game - then put it on the back (or front) of the chronicle later (if it has stuff I need to keep).

Back when I was still using the hardback CRB I would have several different sizes of sticky notes stuck to the inside cover (stack of 6 or 8 pages are not a problem...).

When I'm sharing spell books, I normally have a page listing the contents of my current book that I pass to the other player along with 2 lined sticky notes. I'll put my player info on one, and ask them to do the same on the second. Then, as they look thru my list, I ask them to list anything they have that I don't on the second sticky - which I'll stick to the back of the chronicle when I get it.

Heck, sometimes I use the 2"x2" sticky notes - these work great if I need a Pit (from a spell) or a summoned "large" monster (two notes back to back so they don't stick to the map). For a fast Huge monster I might fold one of the 3"x4" pages to be 3"x3" (folding the sticky part in so it doesn't stick to the map)

[nosig]

BigNorseWolf wrote:

Has anyone ever tried pasting/glueing the chronicles into a sketchbook or something more permanant?

I'd love to have the money to get a glowforge or something and scan/burn the chronicles into a journal .. someday....

I've taken to listing all my "one shot boons" from chronicles (I use a lot of the ones from the Pathfinder Tales) onto one page for each PC and dropping it into the binder. Each line says something like "CR8 - (+5) on a bluff vs. native of Galt". I'll mark out the ones used as I use them (both on the list and on the chronicle), and add new ones to the bottom of the list when I get them. Having these at a glance has saved a few of my PCs a lot of trouble every now and again...

[godsDMit]

BigNorseWolf wrote:

Has anyone ever tried pasting/glueing the chronicles into a sketchbook or something more permanant?

I'd love to have the money to get a glowforge or something and scan/burn the chronicles into a journal .. someday....

Since I keep most of my character sheets on HeroLab now, I just glue the sheets and boons and such to the back of my iPad for safe keeping.

>.>

[Woran]

Damanta wrote:

I'm simply using a notebook for record keeping. Usually an A4 page per scenario, though sometimes I need both sides. This means that I usually have 2 papers per scenario: the chronicle sheet and the logbook page.

I tend to write down whom I adventure with, which VC is giving out the mission, what the mission entails and then try to keep records of the most important happenings, useful/useable loot, and occasionally drawing maps.
I also tend to write down any shopping I do, so that I don't have to do the ITS updating in the middle of the adventure and have some more space to tally the total expenditure for the chronicle sheet.

This has on more than one occassion helped in getting a 2nd prestige point, because there needed to be documentation, a map or a detailed debriefing.

Your notes are ridiculously detailed. You're a true pathfinder :P

[Mike Lindner]

Protoman wrote:

Someone in my lodge write notes on the back of his previous chronicle sheet.

I have started doing this lately, and I think it works pretty well. Previously I would keep separate notes sometimes, or I would write my notes in the blank space on my character sheet (so would be discarded eventually).

What I would like to see is having the product description for the scenario, the summary or blurb, on the chronicle sheet. After playing lots of scenarios the name alone is often not enough for me to remember what it was about.

[nosig]

I normally do a printed version of the briefing (sometimes even the "questions" and something about Gather Info rolls) that I hand out as we are doing the briefing. maybe with a mini-map of location, or a picture of the VC doing the briefing... That way the players can read along with the briefing (this REALLY helps in noisy venues like CONs or game shops)and can reference it later during the game to "refresh" their memory. It is an extra sheet, but I print one for each player and they can stick it with their chronicles if they want...

[Quentin Coldwater]

Damanta wrote:

I'm simply using a notebook for record keeping. Usually an A4 page per scenario, though sometimes I need both sides. This means that I usually have 2 papers per scenario: the chronicle sheet and the logbook page.

I tend to write down whom I adventure with, which VC is giving out the mission, what the mission entails and then try to keep records of the most important happenings, useful/useable loot, and occasionally drawing maps.
I also tend to write down any shopping I do, so that I don't have to do the ITS updating in the middle of the adventure and have some more space to tally the total expenditure for the chronicle sheet.

This has on more than one occassion helped in getting a 2nd prestige point, because there needed to be documentation, a map or a detailed debriefing.

I remember a debriefing where a VC said "And finally, I'm gonna need a full report of - oh you already wrote it down..." :P

His delivery was what made it, as he literally switched sentences without pausing.