Newbie - How do I report my character and events that I attend?

[MandoMark]

OK, this is frustrating. Last year I attended a con (Whos-yer-con, Indianapolis) and plays in 3 sessions. I'm just getting around to trying to register the sessions.

I had registered a PFS number last year but could not log in using the number. I created a new account, so now I have a new number. I thought I would be able to edit my account to show the original number, but nope. I logged out hoping to login using my original number, but I no longer get the option to log in using my number, just my name.

OK, so I go in and create a character in the new account, and want to report the sessions, but am not finding anything that explains how to actually log a game.

What am I missing? Do I report my games or does the GM report it for me? How can I link to my original PFS number? Or am I out of luck and lost the 3 games I played laster year?

Is there a newcomer wiki somewhere that explains how to get started in the PFS?

Thanks in advance.

[William Ronald]

The GM reports the sessions or a convention coordinator would have done so.

Someone here should be able to help you with the original number and help you get credit. Do you have your character's chronicle sheets?

[William Ronald]

MandoMark, I contacted someone who may be able to help you with Whos-Yer-Con.

[BretI]

As others have said the GM, event host, or convention headquarters staff report the sessions. Who exactly reports depends on the event. The most important thing is that you have the paper copies of the sessions.

As for getting the correct PFS number on the account, you will want to contact [e-mail] with the account name and the old PFS number.

As for guides to get started, you may want to read Flutter's Guide for Pathfinder Society Newbies.

If you are interested in more guides, there is the Guide to Class Guides on this site or Zenith Games Comprehensive Pathfinder Guides Guide.

[William Ronald]

You should also get the Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide. This should answer many of your questions on how PFS works.

[DesolateHarmony]

The actual, important record is the chronicle sheets you received at the end of each scenario. Reporting is handled as Bret said.

If you take those chronicle sheets with you, your character has its official documentation. That, with a legal character sheet and an Inventory Tracking Sheet, is your character.

[Grolick]

DesolateHarmony wrote:

The actual, important record is the chronicle sheets you received at the end of each scenario. Reporting is handled as Bret said.

If you take those chronicle sheets with you, your character has its official documentation. That, with a legal character sheet and an Inventory Tracking Sheet, is your character.

I'll have to second this. While the online tracking is nice, it's not always 100% accurate. I have had tables at cons go unreported (both as a player and a GM), but I still have the sheets for my characters. So hold on to those, as they are the really important parts.

[Richard D Webb]

Good afternoon,

If you could send me or Mark Stratton (The Venture Captain here in Central Indiana) a quick message we should be able to straighten out the reporting issues for Who's Yer Con last year.

As others have mentioned, what really matters is the signed and dated chronicle sheets. If you have that then you are fine at whatever table you play at.

Richard

[Tonya Woldridge]

Please email your old PFS number & confirmation code, your new PFS number, and your name to [e-mail] and I will look at pulling all the information together on your account.

Cheers!

[Mark Stratton]

I did most of the reporting for last year's WYC, and another volunteer did the rest.

Tonya beat me to it - though we aren't supposed to have different accounts, when it happens, they can be merged into one.

While those who said that the chronicle sheet is the important thing, the online record serves a couple of important purposes. One of those is that, in the event a player were to lose his or her character sheet and chronicles, we can use the online records to go back and at least reconstruct the play history.