I'm not sure how to search for this, so I apologize if there's a FAQ for it somewhere.
I'm part of a long-running gaming group, and we've played through multiple AP's. Our current lineup includes four people with PFS numbers, so I'm reporting it for PFS credit. Which is great. Unfortunately, this wasn't always the case and in an earlier AP there were only two of us who had PFS numbers, plus the GM. (There may have been a fourth, I'll have to track down that player to find out.)
Question 1: Can you report an AP for PFS credit if there are too few PFS numbers at the table, even if there are plenty of players?
Question 2: I know that at a normal PFS table, you're allowed to play with only three if the GM runs a pregenerated character. Would he have been required to run a pregen if we already had a party of six?
Question 3: One player (with a PFS number) came in halfway through this AP. Can she get credit for the books she played?
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You can report AP and sanctioned Module credit with as little as the GM and zero players.
What I'd recommend, though, would be to download and report brand new numbers, in case those players ever change their mind down the road. Then they can register those numbers, you can reprint the Chronicles, and nothing is lost for time spent.
Venture-Captain, Netherlands
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So you're saying if I run an AP with players without PFS numbers, I can report it with just me as the GM, no players, and apply credit to one of my characters?You can report AP and sanctioned Module credit with as little as the GM and zero players.
Yes.
That's crazy! I didn't know you could get credit for running APs. Do the players have to follow the society legality system (i.e. no house rules) because I am in the middle of a RotRL right now that has very minor house rules (rolling a natural one means you provoke an attack of opportunity, and flanked is a condition so everyone gets +2 if the enemy is flanked not just the flankers are the only two that come to mind) so if I can't get credit, I will go for PFS legal in future campaigns.
I have no clue how I missed that but I am thamkful for the information.
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Wait, seriously, you can run APs and take gm credit even if players don't want credit for it?
Indeed.
Having a minimum of 3 players (or a maximum of 7) is only the rule when running PFS.
In Campaign Mode you could have 10 players, or 1, or narrate the entire AP to your child as a bedtime story. Either way you get GM credit.
Honestly, that bed time story is a good idea even if it didn't couldn't count as a credit.
Edit, though with some minor editing in RotRL for the
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Yes.So you're saying if I run an AP with players without PFS numbers, I can report it with just me as the GM, no players, and apply credit to one of my characters?You can report AP and sanctioned Module credit with as little as the GM and zero players.
sorry to sidetrack (if I am): Does this also apply to modules? I am currently running The Dragon's Demand for a group. Only two of them have PFS ID numbers, and neither of those cares for credit. But I would surely like to report for table and GM credit.
Game on!
This is exactly what I did with Dragon's Demand as well.
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Just wanting to double check, my understanding of which APs are eligible for Campaign Mode reporting, as it looks like the one I'm finishing up and the one I'm prepping to start are not eligible. (Wasn't doing much PFS until the past month, but have been running an AP for years).
Just about to finish up Wrath of the Righteous, looks like its ineligible for reporting (somewhat obvious to me since how would you structure anything that makes sense when you pull it out of the mythic environment.)
Was prepping to start a Kingmaker campaign, but it also looks like its ineliegible for any form of campaign mode.
I'm assuming the if there's no chronicle file/rule download link on the additional resources page, its ineligible for campaign mode play. (And if there is a file to download to read it carefully to determined if its eligible).
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I was seriously considering running Iron Gods using Ponyfinder for a while... still want to do it, but it would require a lot of modification.You've roused my curiosity. What modifications?
I didn't quite decide whether to replace all the races of Golarion with ponyfinder races, to replace just humans with ponys and keep elves and gnomes and such, or to ponify the races and make android ponies and so forth. Still thinking about it.
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Venture-Lieutenant, Oregon—Portland
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My players have 2 sets of PCs. I am running a different AP for each set of PCs (alternating back and forth after completing each AP book).
Can they each apply the credit from each AP book for both APs to the same PFS character, or do they need 2 PFS characters each (one for the 1st AP books, and another for the 2nd AP books)?
Assuming both APs are 1st Edition, I'm pretty sure you can apply the chronicles to whichever PFS character you want. But remember that the chronicle has to be held until the PFS character is the level of the chronicle. Which means that at some point they'll probably need to run the PFS characters in some PFS scenarios to get them to the level of the later chronicles.
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Most of the PFS1 APs had six Chronicles, each spanning a Tier of either 2 or 3 levels.
So 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, and 11-12 being the most common example.
If you alternated two APs that each had that same spread, applying all Chronicles to one character, then indeed you would end up with a 13th level character.
Could be kind of fun if that was the end goal of a group of friends, because you would essentially start playing with all gold unspent, and could jump right into all of the high level content together.
But boy would that take a while. Lots of chances for someone to drop out.
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"tabletop roleplaying game" is a VERY ill defined phrase.
I'd have no issues at all if you ran an AP as some sort of "choose your own adventure" bedtime story where the person(s) being read to had some agency. There are diceless tabletop roleplaying games so absolutely no need for dice or some other randomization device to be used.
As a pragmatic matter, I assure you that at this point of time the chance of anybody noticing or caring that your chronicle sheets are somehow "invalid" is as close to 0 as makes no matter.
So, if you want to tell bedtime stories and give out chronicle sheets, I'd say go for it.
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Venture-Lieutenant, Oregon—Portland
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Most of the PFS1 APs had six Chronicles, each spanning a Tier of either 2 or 3 levels.
So 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9-10, and 11-12 being the most common example.
If you alternated two APs that each had that same spread, applying all Chronicles to one character, then indeed you would end up with a 13th level character.
But the OP mentioned Skulls & Shackles. The chronicles don't run that way. The first two books present a problem—the first is 2–4, the second is 5–7. Hence my suggestion. Later books are 3 levels but usually overlap the previous and/or subsequent books.
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Venture-Lieutenant, Oregon—Portland
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You can apply the first chronicle sheet to a new 1st level PFS character. For example the chronicle sheet for Skulls & Shackles Part 1 can be used to create a level 1 character OR holding it in place at 2nd level.
You can but be sure to check the PFS1 rules for applying to level 1 characters. You get a lower, fixed amount of gold and I don't believe you get any of the items on the chronicles (not that that matters very often). You only get everything on the chronicle if you hold it.
As for the rest, yes. I've filled out a lot of PFS 1 chronicles over the years. Good luck with your adventure(s)!
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Totally.
There are very few players with 20th level PCs. I've seen Conventions organized just for the purpose of playing Race for the Runecarved Key.
Those are the types of PCs that some players have art commissioned for, to further immortalize them.
Also just useful for bragging rights and table conversation. This is a hobby that people love to talk about with their peers.