Starting to look into PFS but confused by boons.

[Bubbik]

I have a character from a campaign I really like and was considering recreating in PFS to try out this style of play. But the race I was is restricted. It would cost 160 AcP, which I could earn by playing. I live in a remote area so home games would be my only option, which looks like it gives single digit rewards. So I it would take a long time. Am I missing something? How long would I actually need to play a "throw away alt" before I could get to be the one I actually want to play?

[Gisher]

Bubbik wrote:

I have a character from a campaign I really like and was considering recreating in PFS to try out this style of play. But the race I was is restricted. It would cost 160 AcP, which I could earn by playing. I live in a remote area so home games would be my only option, which looks like it gives single digit rewards. So I it would take a long time. Am I missing something? How long would I actually need to play a "throw away alt" before I could get to be the one I actually want to play?

What ancestry are you interested in?

[Super Zero]

Well, first of all you can have multiple Society characters, so it isn't really a "throwaway," it's just another character. I have almost 20.

Secondly, I'm a little surprised that you say living in a remote area makes home games your only option? I really expected that to say online games, which are pretty readily available.

You can get credit from running or playing other sanctioned adventures, like APs. Since these games aren't themselves Society games, you can always play whatever you want.

Remember that GMs get double AcP. And you get 80 points to start out with for signing up.

A standard scenario grants 4 AcP, so if you're playing (and not GMing) only those you'd need 20 sessions to earn 80 AcP. Some people will advise you to get an extra 40 first so you can afford a Second Chance boon. PC death isn't exactly common in Society (I've never seen it, but I've seen it come close), but it'd be kind of a bummer to save up all your points and then have that character die when you can't afford to resurrect them.

[Bubbik]

Super Zero wrote:

Well, first of all you can have multiple Society characters, so it isn't really a "throwaway," it's just another character. I have almost 20.

Secondly, I'm a little surprised that you say living in a remote area makes home games your only option? I really expected that to say online games, which are pretty readily available.

You can get credit from running or playing other sanctioned adventures, like APs. Since these games aren't themselves Society games, you can always play whatever you want.

Remember that GMs get double AcP. And you get 80 points to start out with for signing up.

A standard scenario grants 4 AcP, so if you're playing (and not GMing) only those you'd need 20 sessions to earn 80 AcP. Some people will advise you to get an extra 40 first so you can afford a Second Chance boon. PC death isn't exactly common in Society (I've never seen it, but I've seen it come close), but it'd be kind of a bummer to save up all your points and then have that character die when you can't afford to resurrect them.

Oh, I thought online games would count as home games. And thanks for the info

[Bubbik]

Gisher wrote:

Bubbik wrote:

I have a character from a campaign I really like and was considering recreating in PFS to try out this style of play. But the race I was is restricted. It would cost 160 AcP, which I could earn by playing. I live in a remote area so home games would be my only option, which looks like it gives single digit rewards. So I it would take a long time. Am I missing something? How long would I actually need to play a "throw away alt" before I could get to be the one I actually want to play?

What ancestry are you interested in?

My party is trying to decide what to do next so we would need to unlock Anadi and Sprite. Is there a difference in how we unlock them?

[Gisher]

Bubbik wrote:

Gisher wrote:

Bubbik wrote:

I have a character from a campaign I really like and was considering recreating in PFS to try out this style of play. But the race I was is restricted. It would cost 160 AcP, which I could earn by playing. I live in a remote area so home games would be my only option, which looks like it gives single digit rewards. So I it would take a long time. Am I missing something? How long would I actually need to play a "throw away alt" before I could get to be the one I actually want to play?

What ancestry are you interested in?

My party is trying to decide what to do next so we would need to unlock Anadi and Sprite. Is there a difference in how we unlock them?

I was just wondering which one since it can be hard to find out which ancestries are now free, and I thought maybe you were looking into one of those. But Anadi and Sprite aren't on my current list.

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I this is my current list of free options.

Ancestries

• Catfolk

• Dwarf

• Elf

• Gnome

• Goblin

• Halfling

• Hobgoblin

• Human

• Kholo

• Kobold

• Leshy

• Lizardfolk

• Orc

• Poppet

• Ratfolk

• Strix

• Tengu

• Tripkee

Mixed Ancestries

• Aiuvarin

• Dromaar

Versatile Heritages

• Changeling

• Dhampir

• Nephilim

• Dragonblood

• Duskwalker

[Bubbik]

Thank you both for the information. It definitely helped us make our decision.

[umopapisdnupsidedown]

I found myself in exactly this situation when I started PFS. I had a character I wanted to play but didn't have the AcP to make it. So what I did in this situation was two things: I created two other characters, one with an AcP cost and one which cost me 0 AcP, and I played them for a while until I got the AcP to build the first. And, I started GMing. Very quickly, I was swimming in AcP and could build whatever I wanted.

Now, there are lots more 0 AcP options, so it's pretty easy to make cool characters for 0 AcP.

[waltero]

Don't forget you also get the 80 free ACP when you register your first character.

EDIT: Super Zero covered that.

[Super Zero]

umopapisdnupsidedown wrote:

I found myself in exactly this situation when I started PFS. I had a character I wanted to play but didn't have the AcP to make it. So what I did in this situation was two things: I created two other characters, one with an AcP cost and one which cost me 0 AcP, and I played them for a while until I got the AcP to build the first. And, I started GMing. Very quickly, I was swimming in AcP and could build whatever I wanted.

Now, there are lots more 0 AcP options, so it's pretty easy to make cool characters for 0 AcP.

I really like the more unusual options myself, so I understand the disappointment that there are options you can't start with.

But yeah, it adds up quickly. After feeling like I was always saving up to get the next big thing I wanted, I suddenly find myself with more then I know what to do with after purchasing, what... six rare ancestry/heritage options?