Repeat vs Replay


Starfinder Society

Lantern Lodge

I must be missing something

the difference between Repeat scenarios and Replay scenarios

As I understand it (here's where I need help)
a player may Repeat a scenario, each time with a new character, careful not to spoil the mission for other players

A player May participate in a REPLAYABLE scenario more than once, meeting the requirements as necessary

Ex Ashes of Discovery
"Ashes of Discovery is a replayable scenario designed to help introduce players to what it's like to be a member of the Starfinder Society. With randomized mechanical and story elements, when you play this scenario, YOU'LL NEVER PLAY THE SAME SCENARIO TWICE." (emphasis mine)

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Replayable scenarios may be played any number of times, but must be played with different characters. OR more specifically, a player may get credit for a replayable multiple times, but never twice on a single character.

Other than specifically tagged replayable scenarios, a player may never play a scenario more than once. Also, a player may never get chronicle credit for GMing a scenario more than once. There are a couple exceptions to this, but this is the general rule.

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Desh Silverrun wrote:

As I understand it (here's where I need help)

a player may Repeat a scenario, each time with a new character, careful not to spoil the mission for other players

I think that was the rule back when pathfinder society first opened, waaaaay back in season 1, but the rule didn't survive long. it isn't in starfinder society.

Currently unless the scenario is repeatable you can replay if

-You are filling in to make a small table fire. You get a chronicle sheet with no loot.

-You are using one of your DM Nova replays ( you get 1 replay per nova. Currently ever. Refreshing once per year if you keep dming is possible to likely at some point)

-The Jadnura faction grants you one replay per reputation tier.

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Repeating and Replaying are synonyms. Repeating a scenario and replaying it is the same thing. In both cases, don't spoil the plot for other players :)

Normally, you can play a scenario only once. An "evergreen" or "replayable" scenario is an exception to the general rule. They're usually written with variable elements ("there's a monster here, but the GM chooses from this list") so that it won't be quite the same scenario when you play it again.

Apart from properly replayable scenarios, there are also cases where you can replay a scenario:
- By using a nova (or GM star in PFS). You get credit as if you were playing (or GMing) for the first time.
- With the Jadnura faction boon. You get credit as if you were playing for the first time.
- To fill out a table that has less than 4 players. In that case, you don't get credit. The chronicle you get is just to have a place to note down any expenses you incurred.

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Lau Bannenberg wrote:

Repeating and Replaying are synonyms. Repeating a scenario and replaying it is the same thing. In both cases, don't spoil the plot for other players :)

Normally, you can play a scenario only once. An "evergreen" or "replayable" scenario is an exception to the general rule. They're usually written with variable elements ("there's a monster here, but the GM chooses from this list") so that it won't be quite the same scenario when you play it again.

Apart from properly replayable scenarios, there are also cases where you can replay a scenario:
- By using a nova (or GM star in PFS). You get credit as if you were playing (or GMing) for the first time.
- With the Jadnura faction boon. You get credit as if you were playing for the first time.
- To fill out a table that has less than 4 players. In that case, you don't get credit. The chronicle you get is just to have a place to note down any expenses you incurred.

This is where I might be being Obtuse...

the language seems to lend it self to players can REPLAY the same mission.
Again, from my perspective, we’re dealing with a publishing company whose sole business is predicated on a ruleset with the RAW/RAI by the players.
Using the example of Ashes of Discovery (Specifically listed as REPLAYABLE,others do not) i could replay this at multiple levels, because it specifically lists it is different each time with different elements

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Maybe don't be deliberately obtuse? We're giving you the answer.

There is no "Replayable" tag. It's "Repeatable". See #1-01: The Commencement or #1-12: Ashes of Discovery as examples. At the bottom of the online description you'll see "Scenario Tags". "Repeatable" is the scenario tag. Even some APs, like the downloadable rules for Dead Suns Book 1, tell us that "the first volume, Incident at Absalom Station, has the repeatable tag".

You can "repeat", "replay", "do again", "re-experience", "please have another" or "(insert synonym here)" any adventure with the "Repeatable" tag, as outlined on page 5 of the Starfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide Vers 1.1:

Quote:
Repeatable: Scenarios with this tag can be replayed an unlimited number of times (but only once per character). GMs receive another Chronicle sheet each time they run a scenario with this tag (but can apply only one to a given character).

Does that clear up any confusion?

Lantern Lodge

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Nefreet wrote:

]Starfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide Vers 1.1[/url]:

Quote:
Repeatable: Scenarios with this tag can be replayed an unlimited number of times (but only once per character). GMs receive another Chronicle sheet each time they run a scenario with this tag (but can apply only one to a given character).
Does that clear up any confusion?

This does for me

Ultimately this is what i was looking for and couldnt find

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In case the good explanations above are not sufficient to override obtuseness:

Bottom line: No character can play any scenario (repeatable or otherwise) more than 1 time under any circumstances.

Not even to make the table legal. In that case, you'd have to use a pregen (for no credit if you didn't have a character that could accept the chronicle).

A player has a few mechanisms to replay/repeat a scenario as listed above, but must use a different character each time.

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