[ACO] PF2e - 06-08: Upon Wheels and Rime (P4)

[GM Tiger]

Hello! Welcome to my table. Before we start, please do the following:

Please complete the macros linked at the top of the page. This will be used for initiative and secret rolls.

Please also post your token to the slides and post your position in the marching order. The slides are also linked at the top of the page.

As per the Organized Play Foundation Community Standards, each player must decide if they will allow their characters to be damaged by friendly fire (usually via splash damage). In keeping with the “Explore, Report, Cooperate” motto of the Pathfinder Society, engaging in non-consensual character-versus-character conflict is prohibited. While accidental friendly fire happens due to missed attack rolls or other factors, players must obtain the consent of other players before deliberately including fellow PCs in damaging effects. This rule does not apply in situations where a character is not acting of their own free will, such as if they’re being mind-controlled by an NPC and forced to attack a fellow Pathfinder.

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Credits:

Macros/Slides/Spell Templates: Frozen Frost

[Vamir Zylven]

I'll grab the last spot.

[Ari Atilise]

Thanks for running, GM!

I shouldn't have any friendly fire to declare. I do have +1 bonuses to attack rolls at all times due to Victor's Wreath (which is magical if anyone is superstitious like that).

I will take a free minor healing potion, which I put into my Horn of Plenty so I can drink it and heal myself and others for 1 action.

Also there does seem to be something wrong with my init in the macros.

[GM Tiger]

Ari Atilise wrote:

Thanks for running, GM!

I shouldn't have any friendly fire to declare. I do have +1 bonuses to attack rolls at all times due to Victor's Wreath (which is magical if anyone is superstitious like that).

I will take a free minor healing potion, which I put into my Horn of Plenty so I can drink it and heal myself and others for 1 action.

Also there does seem to be something wrong with my init in the macros.

Fixed.

[GM Tiger]

Just waiting for:

Macros - Dendri
Slides - Dendri, Ari

[GM Tiger]

If anyone has any GM Glyphs, please go ahead and share them.

[Dendri]

I will need to update this character profile tomorrow morning. The character is level 2 in Herolab, I just need to copy everything over.

I will also fill out the macros tomorrow.

I do have a campaign service coin, which impacts hero points, I believe.

[GM Tiger]

Your CC is already listed above :)

[Vamir Zylven]

I have two glyphs to share for Ari and Landon.

[Landon_220629]

Vamir Zylven wrote:

I have two glyphs to share for Ari and Landon.

Thanks!

Also, Landon's initiative seems to be off in the macros as well. It's showing as 7, but should be 6.

[Nhorri Ephema]

Huh. Nhorri's Initiative bonus is also one higher than it should be.

[GM Tiger]

hmm.. Vamir, any thoughts on this?

[GM Tiger]

if someone is scouting, it should explain it, btw.

[Vamir Zylven]

Blackfeather Jack is scouting for exploration. It automatically adds +1 to everyone's initiative.

[Nhorri Ephema]

Ahhhhh!

[Ari Atilise]

Sorry for not posting my introduction and settling my token, everyone. I'll get a post out within the next day.

[Dendri]

sorry about the lack of post yesterday and the really bland post today. Lack of sleep due to a small child having a tough time...

[Nhorri Ephema]

Here's hoping things get easier for all of you soon!

[GM Tiger]

The dice bot really doesn't like you either... :)

[Ari Atilise]

GM Tiger wrote:

The dice bot really doesn't like you either... :)

Yeah, we've mostly been rolling sub 10s. Not exactly the best showing from the Pathfinder Society's best and brightest.

[Nhorri Ephema]

It's accurate RP for Nhorri, though. I don't know how she got through training. ;p

[Landon_220629]

Can different players get different information from the same NPC with the same skill that somebody else used successfully? If not, Landon has made all the checks he has a decent chance to pass already.

[GM Tiger]

Landon_220629 wrote:

Can different players get different information from the same NPC with the same skill that somebody else used successfully? If not, Landon has made all the checks he has a decent chance to pass already.

Nope. The Research System for PF2e is based on the number of successes you get. It's not like an open-ended RK where, say, against a party of gnolls, Nature and Society will give two different things (at least, they're supposed to!) :)

[GM Tiger]

Normally I would ask you to vote for 2 players who you think deserve a hero point. Since you all did so well with the research, I'll award those who have used up their hero points with one. (mainly because you're probably going to need it in the next section!).

[GM Tiger]

Looks like the way I did the research section became more streamlined. Only the dice bot didn't really cooperate!

[Nhorri Ephema]

Pro: It took less time overall in PbP, so we didn't lose momentum.

Con: That was one rather long post, and it took a much longer time to complete it. Long posts with lots going on leave more room for people to miss/forget things.

It's a balance. I think that most of the time, the one long post is preferable in PbP, because loss of momentum can kill a game, while missed items can usually be handled with only reasonable delays.

[Dendri]

suggestion for the GM:

I find that sometimes readability is improved if rather than one really long GM post, there are a few shorter GM posts, one right after the other

[Ari Atilise]

Hey @GM Tiger, you okay to keep going? I think we've all done our rolls.

[Blackfeather Jack]

Ari Atilise wrote:

Hey @GM Tiger, you okay to keep going? I think we've all done our rolls.

Games tend to slow down over the weekend.

[GM Tiger]

Nhorri and Dendri:

So where do you suggest I break the post? Looking at it, I think I should have split it right where the skill check part (aka the chase) started... I would love to hear your feedback because this scenario can get rather clunky with the research section. I had to run this for Paizocon which has a hard deadline. It somewhat succeeded but then I only ended up with 4 players -- I needed to test it on a full table! :)

[Dendri]

GM:

I would probably have not used spoilers at all, but would have put each person in a separate post.

[Nhorri Ephema]

GM:

I would have limited the skill check prompts to three or four at a time. That still moves things along, but reduces the likelihood of things being forgotten in a marathon post. For those that needed to be convinced to talk to us, having a nested spoiler for the additional information would be more efficient, though Paizo's formatting for nested spoilers makes that appear clunky.

Including the status updates in your posts is very helpful. Bonus if it includes the additional information some of the targets shared with us.

I agree that splitting up this post at the spot where the plot exposition ends and the intro to the Chase subsystem begins would've made sense. Essentially, there are two vastly different things happening in that one big post, so it's like needing to start a new paragraph when you change the subject.

Hope this helps! This seems like a bear of a scenario to run in PbP, and it's clear that you spent some time setting up the skill checks in advance. Thumbs up!

[GM Tiger]

I'll move us along tonight.

[Blackfeather Jack]

GM Tiger wrote:

[ooc]I kept Blackfeather Jack's roll from the last obstacle (which is what I said I'd do) :)

Sorry, I misunderstood. I thought you would only apply it if I was trained in Thievery

[GM Tiger]

no worries. I should have just said to add your Thievery mod.

[Dendri]

Please bot me if needed. Slow recovery from an eye infection.

[Nhorri Ephema]

I hope it improves more quickly!

[GM Tiger]

Dendri wrote:

Please bot me if needed. Slow recovery from an eye infection.

OMG. Hope you get better soon.