Venture-Captain, Illinois—Fairview Heights
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No. Nothing any more official than the boon text. Each scenario can only be used once. No distinction between GM or Play.
If you GM 1-15, check two boxes.
If you later play 1-15, check zero boxes.
Conversely, If you play 1-16, check one box.
If you later GM 1-16, check zero boxes.
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That wasn't what I asked.
I know that, if I run this specific scenario once (as a GM), I get a chronicle sheet for a character, with 720 cr, 1XP, 2 Fame, and 2 Rep but don't get to check off any boxes on the chronicle toward the boon, because the check boxes can only be checked after I get the chronicle.
I also know that, if I run this specific scenario a second time, I don't get another chronicle sheet and I also don't get any credits, xp, et al.
I also know that, I don't get check boxes for the same scenario twice, even a repeatable one, because you can only earn check boxes once for any given scenario (whether GM'ing or Playing).
I also know that I cannot double-dip and earn check boxes on two copies of the chronicle sheet for the same playing/running of a scenario (the same game session).
What I am unsure of, is if I run Skitter Shot, specifically, a 2nd time, having never played it and never earning any check boxes for it, do I earn two checkboxes for running it toward the boon? I'm pretty sure, from my reading of the boon that the answer is yes, and that seems to be the way others in this thread are interpreting it, but I'd prefer at least a semi-official 'yay or nay' before I go checking boxes on the boon.
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Most people ran it more than once in a row for Free RPG Day anyway.
Personally I think the way its written right now overly penalizes GMs who play a scenario before they run it.
It'd be nice to get that clarified - either to allow you to get credit once for GMing and once for playing, or to be able to upgrade it to the greatest number of boxes your GMing qualifies you for.
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Well, something you could do is include lined paper above where you store this sheet and record everything you play or GM after.
Then, when you have enough to complete the page, go through and record it. Skip games you played but later GM'd, record only the GM. Nothing says you need to record games you play.
Venture-Agent, Georgia—Atlanta
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This may be a silly question, but if I GM a SFS Scenario at a convention that got Event Support how many boxes do I check? I ran a game at 2D Con and will be running things at Skalcon.I believe the correct number is 3, I don't think the checkboxes stack, you take the highest number available.
My reading is the same as Shadius. You only get one of the options. And you cannot repeat scenarios...
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I don't think the checkboxes stack, you take the highest number available.
A strict reading of the boon's text would be that if you GM a scenario after you play it then you would not be able to check additional boxes, only the original box from playing it.
This seems wrong, and I agree with you that you should be able to count a scenario once but for the highest number of boxes you qualify for.
Specific example so we can hopefully get an official answer:
If someone plays #1-20 they check one box. If they then GM #1-20 at a RSP venue or convention, should they be able to check two additional boxes (for a total of 3, which the'd be able to check if they had not played it first)?
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I don't think that works.
You already got credit for that scenario; you can't get more credit.
What you CAN do is both play and run Skitter Shot, resulting in two boon sheets. You can mark scenarios played on one (for one check each), and scenarios run on the other (for up to three checks each).
It is a good incentive to both play and run the adventure.
Starfinder Society Developer
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Official Clarification: If you GM Skitter Shot, you can check two boxes, though you can never earn credit from subsequent Skitter Shot runs. Note this applies whether or not you've earned the boon from previously playing Skitter Shot, or you are GMing it for the first time.
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Ok, so what about GMing at a RSP venue or convention runs which would normally be 3 boxes?
The first 3 boxes on my Nufriend boon are from the second time I GM'ed it on Free RPG Day which was at a RSP venue (I ran it 3 times on Free RPG Day but only applied the credit once). That boon is fully unlocked as of last Friday, I played SkitterShot with my own Skittermander this Tuesday.
Also that doesn't clarify the ongoing question about GMing a scenario after playing it, see example above
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If GMing an RSP venue or event that received Paizo Event Support, then yes, you earn the 3 instead of the 2 checks.
As for GMing a scenario after playing it; you are correct. That means you do not get subsequent check marks. The intent is to encourage GMs out there to run scenarios before playing them; hopefully giving some incentive to take that role from other "standard first runners" in the community.
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As for GMing a scenario after playing it; you are correct. That means you do not get subsequent check marks. The intent is to encourage GMs out there to run scenarios before playing them; hopefully giving some incentive to take that role from other "standard first runners" in the community.
I'm personally fine with that answer (I already GM far more than I play) though I'm not sure its practical; it encourages us to record qualifying boxes on a separate sheet and then apply them afterward.
Requiring all games played after received the boon to be recorded doesn't necessarily achieve your goal: any scenarios they GM'd prior to playing Skittershot, then played, and then GM'd again would still count as if they had played it first.
Also the boon doesn't require marking which checked boxes are from which activity or date, so there's nothing realistically stopping people from tacking extra boxes on when they GM a scenario they've already played. They'd just retroactively say they didn't count playing it.
