10-98 Siege of Gallowspire Questions

[StickmanInDC]

So I see that there will be two difficulty levels for the adventure, Soldier (you're more likely than normal to die) and Champion (you will very possibly die).

Any info on the potential rewards vs the risk? i.e. 'If you survive Champion Mode you can expect double the usual Gold and a couple of really interesting Chronicle abilities" vs "You'll get the same Gold per tier regardless of which mode you play"...

Also, how much of a disability will I be at if I don't have multiple high-level "Aid Characters" and have to rely on pregens?

I've only been playing Pathfinder for a couple of years and have *just* achieved a 5th level character. While I'd love to take part in the Final Episode At Gencon, I'm concerned that it's set up to cater to players who have been playing forever and have multiple high-level characters and that I'll get massacred in the process, which doesn't help me *or* the table...

[Sebastian Hirsch]

If you have just reached level 5, maybe consider signing up for Soldier just in case.

Unless I am misinformed, they are going to offer the preview version of 10-98 at Paizocon so we can expect some feedback to come from there, but for someone who does not literally have 1000s of hours of PFS experience hard mode is likely not a great fit.

[Ascalaphus]

I suspect hard mode won't have (significant) extra rewards. The reward for people with really powerful characters is having a game where they feel challenged, instead of "too easy" crushing everything.

[Redgar's ACG Characters]

There's an existing con boon that refreshes when people play "hard mode" on scenarios with that option.

Otherwise, it would surprise me if there was a distinction between rewards (beyond bragging rights. :) )

[StickmanInDC]

Roger that - Soldier mode it is. Thanks for the feedback!!

[Gary Bush]

I Will prefer solider but my wishlist does include champion just in case.

[Akeela Valerian, the Wolf]

Asking here because I could not find the answer elsewhere. I have several high-level characters that will serve as aid characters for highest tier champion scenario. What level of brushing up do I need to do for those aid characters? Are we making full use of class abilities and gear? Or just checking a couple numbers like stats, saves, XP, or fame?

I like the idea of revisiting old friends/characters. I hate the idea that I have to get it all done before next Saturday night, and do not want to waste time doing things that are unnecessary.

Thanks all!

Akeela

[TriOmegaZero]

All you need is character level, as well as what spells your casters have available. The spellcasting tokens allow for a limited list of spells to be shared.

[Gary Bush]

Oh man, so confused by the avatars!

[Redgar's ACG Characters]

Steven Schopmeyer wrote:

All you need is character level, as well as what spells your casters have available. The spellcasting tokens allow for a limited list of spells to be shared.

Technically, what is required is the "most recent chronicle sheet".

[TriOmegaZero]

Which won’t help you figure out what spell you can provide for the spellcasting aid, but I’ll have to check how strict the rules are about that. We went by our characters spells per day at PaizoCon.

[shaventalz]

Steven Schopmeyer wrote:

...as well as what spells your casters have available. The spellcasting tokens allow for a limited list of spells to be shared.

See, this is important information. Some players tend to keep their spell list separate from the character sheet. A lot of character sheets simply don't have room for everything, especially in a spellbook-using class.

Can the aid character use scrolls, or just their own spell slots?

[TriOmegaZero]

It looks like the token doesn't require you to be able to cast spells, although we selected spellcasters for the role and based our choices off of our memory of their spells. So the answer to your question is they don't need them. The text specifies that your aid character could just be getting an NPC spellcaster to the party that needs the aid.

[Redgar's ACG Characters]

Right. To be clear, people *do not need* to have spell availability (or saves, BAB, or other) information about their characters.

People (technically) *need* to have each support character's most recent chronicle sheet. (Upon reflection, I don't think it is a secret why: support characters are subject to some risk, and condition reporting --e.g. "dead"-- and/or the spending of resources to clear said conditions, may be required.)

[TriOmegaZero]

My apologies, I see what you meant now. Either way, it doesn't look like the aid tokens are concerned with anything beyond reporting info and level dependent effects. I'll have to be clear about that next week at GenCon.

[Linda Zayas-Palmer]

Steven Schopmeyer wrote:

My apologies, I see what you meant now. Either way, it doesn't look like the aid tokens are concerned with anything beyond reporting info and level dependent effects. I'll have to be clear about that next week at GenCon.

That's right. We figured there was already enough going on with the aid character mechanic that we didn't need to introduce needing to bring and search through their character sheets :)

[Rycaut]

it would have been helpful to mention this in a blog post or in the event descriptions for Genccon I was trying to update all of my PCs in advance of the special because I wasn't sure what I would need to refer to about each aid character in terms of character sheet, chronicles etc - also have a few where I think they just leveled and I hadn't finished leveling them/buying gear etc - knowing that level is all that matters is really helpful to know.

(have enough to get ready with my main character whom I haven't played in almost a year)

[TriOmegaZero]

It was mentioned back in May before it debuted at PaizoCon.

[Legoman]

Do Aid characters receive xp or is it only the character that you have designated as your main character?

[TriOmegaZero]

Aid characters will receive a boon, in the style of other similar scenarios. Their numbers will be recorded on the chronicle and copies should be included with the aid characters.

[Ascalaphus]

So the aid characters take a risk and if they survive they get a reward?

[CanisDirus]

Lau Bannenberg wrote:

So the aid characters take a risk and if they survive they get a reward?

Yep!

[CanisDirus]

Apologies for posting this here, but time being of the essence forces one to cast as wide a net as possible.

A group of my friends have 5 tickets for #10-98 level 15-16* for Gen Con this coming Saturday night and are desperately trying to find a 6th so they can keep their group together. I am led to understand that they have multiple 12-13 tickets, boons, and other things they are willing to trade. To help, I would also offer up several my own boons. Please drop me a line if you happen to be interested, and thanks for reading!

/thread-hijack

*They are ideally looking for champion, but if they get soldier, they are hopeful that trading around to sit together will be easier with all six tickets already in the same tier.

[Abraham Z.]

Steven Schopmeyer wrote:

Aid characters will receive a boon, in the style of other similar scenarios. Their numbers will be recorded on the chronicle and copies should be included with the aid characters.

So does it matter what level the Aid characters are, or having a balance between different character types, or are the particulars of the aid characters irrelevant?

[TriOmegaZero]

The abilities for the aid characters are more thematic than mechanical. Character level is what is used.

[pjrogers]

Steven Schopmeyer wrote:

The abilities for the aid characters are more thematic than mechanical. Character level is what is used.

Does character level affect whether or not aid characters survive? Are higher level aid characters in more, less, or the same danger as lower level ones?

[Legoman]

Steven Schopmeyer wrote:

Aid characters will receive a boon, in the style of other similar scenarios. Their numbers will be recorded on the chronicle and copies should be included with the aid characters.

So no xp?

(I have two characters on 33xp and am waiting to take one on Eyes Of The Ten. If they pick up xp as an Aid character that plan is scuppered.)

[Aaron Tysen]

pjrogers wrote:

Steven Schopmeyer wrote:

The abilities for the aid characters are more thematic than mechanical. Character level is what is used.

Does character level affect whether or not aid characters survive? Are higher level aid characters in more, less, or the same danger as lower level ones?

Higher level aid characters are more likely to succeed and less likely to get dead. That said, you can choose to play it safe with your aid characters, at the cost of getting less actual aid from them.

[TriOmegaZero]

Legoman wrote:

Steven Schopmeyer wrote:

Aid characters will receive a boon, in the style of other similar scenarios. Their numbers will be recorded on the chronicle and copies should be included with the aid characters.

So no xp?

(I have two characters on 33xp and am waiting to take one on Eyes Of The Ten. If they pick up xp as an Aid character that plan is scuppered.)

That's correct, no XP. You will not mess up your plans for Eyes.

[pjrogers]

Aaron Tysen wrote:

pjrogers wrote:

Steven Schopmeyer wrote:

The abilities for the aid characters are more thematic than mechanical. Character level is what is used.

Does character level affect whether or not aid characters survive? Are higher level aid characters in more, less, or the same danger as lower level ones?

Higher level aid characters are more likely to succeed and less likely to get dead. That said, you can choose to play it safe with your aid characters, at the cost of getting less actual aid from them.

Thanks

[Tusk the Half-Orc]

If we used pregens for aid characters, the rewards go to the characters we allocated the pregens to when they reach level 5, correct?