Do you get GMing credit for running the same scenario multiple times?

[Matt2VK]

Do you get GMing credit for running the same scenario multiple times?

I know you can only apply GM credit to 1 character but if you run the same scenario multiple times, do those extra times count towards your GM stars?

Did do a quick read through but couldn't find a answer in the guide.

[DrParty06]

Yes, I'd assume you'd have that figured out with 4 stars, but perhaps you've set a record for unique scenarios run to make it that far.

[Wei Ji the Learner]

DrParty06 wrote:

Yes, I'd assume you'd have that figured out with 4 stars, but perhaps you've set a record for unique scenarios run to make it that far.

Actually, I'm sure it wouldn't take much?

7 Seasons with at least 20 scenarios per season PLUS about another 10-15 modules that count for 'extra credit' PLUS all the APs... It's entirely possible.

[GM Lamplighter]

Every game you GM counts towards GM stars,whether it's the first time or not. You only get a Chronicle for the first time you GM it, though (per campaign - one for a standard character if you GM it in the standard campaign, and one for a Core character if you GM it for the Core Campaign).

[Matt2VK]

Thanks, that's what I thought. Just had some folks that assumed it did not work that way and I wanted to double check before telling them that you still got star credit.

I've only multi-run a few scenarios. Plus, you run a couple ADP for pathfinder credit and you can earn stars fast.

[Drahliana Moonrunner]

No, you do not get multiple GM credit for the same scenario unless you burn stars to do it.

[Matt2VK]

OK, now we have different rulings on this.

[Drahliana Moonrunner]

Drahliana Moonrunner wrote:

No, you do not get multiple GM credit for the same scenario unless you burn stars to do it.

Correction: You can get Standard Campaign and Core Campaign credit for the same scenario, but that's it outside of star burning.

In no case, can you apply more than one Chronicle to the same character.

[Hornbender]

You do get GM credit (towards number of sessions for Star credit), however you can only apply it to a character once. Note that for your 5th star you must GM 50 different scenarios.

If you look at the PFS guide pg. 16, it states sessions reported for application to gm star ranks. The only uniqueness qualifier is for the fifth star.

[Matt2VK]

Just read through the guide and this is what I found -

The stars are visible on your Pathfinder Society ID card. You can earn
up to four stars for running a certain number of reported games, as follows...

it's the only thing I can find saying anything about getting credit for running the same scenario more then once.
Lots of things about burning GM stars to get re-play credit towards characters, but nothing (I can find) clearly stating you get credit towards your GM star for re-running the same scenarios.

[Hornbender]

If we do some deductive reasoning, since you must have 150 sessions reported for your 5th star, and 50 of these must be different scenarios, then it can be assumed that you can report the same scenario multiple times... plus, for the record, I have and it does count.

[skyshark]

Matt2VK wrote:

Do you get GMing credit for running the same scenario multiple times?

I know you can only apply GM credit to 1 character but if you run the same scenario multiple times, do those extra times count towards your GM stars?

Did do a quick read through but couldn't find a answer in the guide.

As other multi-star GMs have already stated, yes, you get credit towards your number of stars for running scenarios more than once. This is advice from multi-stared GMs who know from experience. Don't believe us? Read what it takes to be a 5 star GM. A minimum of 50 games must be different scenarios, explicitly implying that you can run the same scenario more than once.

For those commenting about not being able to apply GM credit more than once with the exception of using stars, the OP already stated in his first post that he is aware of that ruling.

[Matt2VK]

Thanks all for the replies.

This was one of those things I was sure on till someone new to GM was under the impression it did not work that way. So I wanted to make sure this wasn't something I was assuming and there was a clear ruling one way or another that I could show them.

The -
you must have 150 sessions reported for your 5th star, and 50 of these must be different scenarios
- is clear enough for me

:)

[bluesman95]

Matt2VK wrote:

Thanks all for the replies.

This was one of those things I was sure on till someone new to GM was under the impression it did not work that way. So I wanted to make sure this wasn't something I was assuming and there was a clear ruling one way or another that I could show them.

The -
you must have 150 sessions reported for your 5th star, and 50 of these must be different scenarios
- is clear enough for me

:)

Don't forget your 10 specials for your 5th star

[Wei Ji the Learner]

Roy Lewis wrote:

Matt2VK wrote:

Thanks all for the replies.

This was one of those things I was sure on till someone new to GM was under the impression it did not work that way. So I wanted to make sure this wasn't something I was assuming and there was a clear ruling one way or another that I could show them.

The -
you must have 150 sessions reported for your 5th star, and 50 of these must be different scenarios
- is clear enough for me

:)

Don't forget your 10 specials for your 5th star

And a proficiency exam too, right?

[bluesman95]

Wei Ji the Learner wrote:

Roy Lewis wrote:

Matt2VK wrote:

Thanks all for the replies.

This was one of those things I was sure on till someone new to GM was under the impression it did not work that way. So I wanted to make sure this wasn't something I was assuming and there was a clear ruling one way or another that I could show them.

The -
you must have 150 sessions reported for your 5th star, and 50 of these must be different scenarios
- is clear enough for me

:)

Don't forget your 10 specials for your 5th star

And a proficiency exam too, right?

I read that as a proctology exam

[DrParty06]

Wei Ji the Learner wrote:

DrParty06 wrote:

Yes, I'd assume you'd have that figured out with 4 stars, but perhaps you've set a record for unique scenarios run to make it that far.

Actually, I'm sure it wouldn't take much?

7 Seasons with at least 20 scenarios per season PLUS about another 10-15 modules that count for 'extra credit' PLUS all the APs... It's entirely possible.

It would be easy to do in terms of available content, but could take some effort in being sure to never run the same thing twice. As someone who is ~25 credits away from 5 stars, with little time to devote to prep, I'm all in on the repeating runs for different groups to save a little time.

[Chris Mortika]

Hi, Matt.

Let's use an example.

Liam decides he's going to run a lot of Pathfinder Society scenarios.

He runs 3 different scenarios, all for the Standard Campaign. Now, he has credit for 3 scenarios towards his star-count, and he also has three Chronicle sheets that he can give to his characters.

Liam runs one of those scenarios again, also in Standard Campaign mode. He has credit for 4 scenarios for his star-count, but does not get another Chronicle sheet.

Liam then runs the save adventure, in Core mode. He has credit for 5 scenarios for his star-count, and gets a Chronicle he can place on any Core mode PC.

Liam then runs "We Be Goblins". WBG is a module, not a scenario, and so its worth 2 points of credit towards GM stars, so he's up to 7. He gets a Chronicle for We Be Goblins.

Liam runs a retired PFS scenario for friends. He doesn't report it, and his advancement doesn't change.

Liam runs "We Be Goblins" two more times, so his star count is now 11 (and he's a 1-star GM) but doesn't gain any more Chronicle sheets.

[Matt2VK]

...all I wanted was a place I could show it, in printed form, it was legal and counted towards your GM stars for re-running scenarios.

Clearest example I've found so far was about earning the 5th star.

[GinoA]

Chris Mortika wrote:

Liam runs "We Be Goblins" two more times, so his star count is now 11 (and he's a 1-star GM) but doesn't gain any more Chronicle sheets.

Small point. WBG is an evergreen, so Liam does get chronicles, although only one can go to a level 2, per campaign.

[TOZ]

Quote:

Do you get GMing [table] credit for running the same scenario multiple times?

I sure hope so, or I'm a fraudulent 5 star!

[Yiroep]

TOZ wrote:

Quote:

Do you get GMing [table] credit for running the same scenario multiple times?

I sure hope so, or I'm a fraudulent 5 star!

It would had to have been, cause I think there were 5 stars out before there were even 150 different scenarios. :p

[rknop]

Roy Lewis wrote:

I read that as a proctology exam

I am no longer interested in obtaining my fifth star.

[rknop]

TOZ wrote:

Quote:

Do you get GMing [table] credit for running the same scenario multiple times?

I sure hope so, or I'm a fraudulent 5 star!

I bet you aren't.

You might have been when you first got five stars, but I suspect at this point you've run 150 different scenario-equivalents.

[rknop]

This got me curious.

I've got 133 tables of credit.

I've run 76 different PFS Scenarios.

I've run 3 classic modules.

I've run 1 level of Emerald Spire (once).

I've run 2 multi-sheet modules. (6 GM xp for Dragon's Demand, 4 for Tears at Bitter Manor.)

I haven't run any of the Free RPG day modules.

I haven't run an APs for credit. (I have run the first three Kingmaker books, and the first 3.5 Reign of Winter books, for home games, but they weren't PFS players and weren't interested in PFS player credit, so I didn't take any PFS GM credit for them.)

[Eric Clingenpeel]

So here's a question that no one's asked... If you didn't get credit for running multiple times, why would they make a requirement of 50 different adventures in order to get your 5th star? If you needed to run unique scenarios it'd say 150 different adventures, not 50.