tonight's game 12-27

this a tier 7-11 adventure..

it would help me if I knew what level (tier) I will be running.

is there any chance at all i can know what level characters you mooks will be playing by 3:30 this afternoon?

Upcoming Tuesday attendance..

who is planning on being at The Tuesday Game on the 13th?


who is planning on being at The Tuesday Game on the 20th?

What Should I Run Next?

I am trying to determine what to prepare next.

There are a few PFS scenarios I am interested in running from Season 7. One is a 3-7 and the other is a 5-9. I also have an interest in running a new evergreen 3-7 scenario from Season 8.

Is there any interest in playing some CORE PFS? We have a ton of options open to play (almost the entire PFS catalog).

What is the interest level in playing some more Shadows of Brimstone?

Would you be interested in an RPG game using the SoB setting? Likely would use the Ubiquity system to create the characters and play the game. I also have a couple of non-PFS Pathfinder games rolling around in my head. I also have some ideas for more Ubiquity Supers. All of these will take some work and will likely not be ready until early 2017.

Can we shop for our SA characters?

Now that we are heading to town, will be get an opportunity to spend some of the money we just got? I assume the answer is yes as we will need to sell stuff to get the money but I wanted to double-check.

Serpent's Skull is Now PFS Sanctoned

Remember that Adventure Path that Bruce started so long ago, Serpent's Skull, well it is now PFS legal. Chronicles are now available on the Paizo site. (They have also sanctioned Curse of the Crimson Throne which I just got the new, deluxe, updated hardcover edition.)

Post SA

Since we're nearing the end of the first Strange Aeons book, what do we want to do next?  I can have the next RoW book ready but if Keith has a new world festering in the back of his mind I wouldnt mind starting that.

Rochester Road traffic warning.

Rochester Road down to 1 lane at wattles(17 mile) about a 1/2 mile backup at noon today. I do not know if they will be done by the evening.  Its closed for surface replacement.

Skype Alert

Pam has to work late next Tuesday.   I'll be skyping in

U-Con - November 11-13th

We are still looking for one more person to share the hotel rooms for U-Con. So far I have Shawn Hilton, Bruce and myself. The cost for the hotel for the weekend is $105. The cost for the con is $25 and tickets run $1.50 per 2-hours of game. Ideally we need one more person but we might be able to additionally accommodate someone on the floor or a cot.

If interested, the U-Con site is https://www.ucon-gaming.org/

Leagues of Cthulhu Kickstarter Live Today

The Leagues of Cthulhu Kickstarter went live today. This is a Ubiquity supplement from Triple Ace Games for their Leagues of Adventure/Gothic Horror setting.

You can check it out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1588759266/leagues-of-cthulhu

Looks to be a shoe in to fund. It is just a question as to how much gets unlocked.

Tuesday 10/25

What's on tap?  Bruce running SA?
I'm on call, so I wont want to run.

Future Planning

Since we did not finish our scenario last night and David and Alan will not be there next week and David will not be there the week after, I propose that we finish up Labyrinth of Hungry Ghosts on 10/18/16.

When are we expecting Steve over the next few weeks until he is back on days permanently?

Should I plan to run another, different PFS scenario next week or will Bruce or Dave be ready to run their Adventure Paths again?

PFS Tracking Sheet Updated

Our PFS tracking sheet has been updated and posted to my page. I believe that every thing has been captured but if you see something that is wrong, let me know.

I do know that a bunch of the character info is not up to date. I am missing things like names, classes/levels and factions. If you can help fill in those blanks, it would be appreciated.

The file can be found here: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx6b21iaWVob21lcGFnZXxneDozMjVjMDNmY2ZiZDk5MWUz

or this link for the excel file - https://sites.google.com/site/zombiehomepage/Home/zombie-s-d-d-pathfinder-page/Adventure%20tracking%20Grouped.xlsx

I am also going to link it to the blog on the left navigation.

PFS this Tuesday

To give Bruce a break, I will be running a PFS scenario this Tuesday. I plan to run  #7-19 - Labyrinth of Hungry Ghosts. It is tier 3-7. It is the sequel to #6-06 - Hall of the Flesh Eaters. If your character has been on that adventure, they will be able to utilize the Gloomspire Explorer boon from its chronicle.

According to my records, everyone has a character that can play the low sub-tier (3-4). If you decide to play the high sub-tier (6-7), Steve has a couple of 5th level guys and Randy would likely need to play a pregen.

Expanded Narrative Boon

Expanded Narrative Boon is now available to all GMs. Check out the following for more details: http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lj36?Familiar-Places-New-Adventures

Strange Aeons Traits now available in Hero Lab

I just downloaded the latest Hero Lab update this morning. I can confirm that the new Strange Aeons traits are now available.

U-Con 2016

U-Con is fast approaching. It will be Friday, 11/11/16-Sunday, 11/13/16. More detail can be found at https://www.ucon-gaming.org/.

Is anyone other than Bruce and I planning to go? Shawn from Kokomo is considering coming and was looking to maybe share a room. If we get at least one more person we can get 2 rooms at about $100 a guy for the weekend.

Tuesday 8/30 - Sup?

What are we doing on Tuesday?  Strange Aeons?  HEX?  Reign of Winter?

Origins 2017

Hard to believe but it is time to start planning for Origins 2017 (at least from a GM perspective). GM event registration begins on September 10^th, 2016.

The convention will run Wednesday, June 14^th through Sunday, June 18^th (This is Father’s Day weekend). Last year a prereg badge ran $55 (or $65 if you purchased onsite). Bruce and I did a hotel for 4 nights with two beds for around $600. We were about a mile away from the convention and drove daily. Parking was about $10 and was just across the street from the convention center. Figure it to be about $400 to attend including badge, hotel, parking and gas. That does not include food or any gaming purchases.

Who is considering going? I expect that Bruce is interested. Randy has expressed interest and Steve raised an eyebrow.

I am still trying to determine if I can swing going. If I do, it takes 16 hours of games to get a free GM badge. I expect I will do that without issue. 32 hours would get me a portion of a hotel room to share with the other Ubiquity GMs. I could do that but I am not sure I want to. I still have a few weeks to figure it out. 

Strange Aeons Player's Guide is Available for Download

The players guide for Strange Aeons is now available for download and it is free. Just navigate to the page and add to the downloads of your Paizo account.

http://paizo.com/products/btpy9nrw

This is the new Horror adventure path that Bruce plans to run.

Free HEX PDF

Check it out. In honor of the 10th anniversary of HEX, you can get a free PDF. tiny.cc/hex10th

What do we want to do tomorrow?

We need to decide what we want to play tomorrow. I can run more of The Dragon's Demand or another PFS scenario. I believe that Bruce has a scenario or two ready. I think I need to get the next book of Reign of Winter to Dave so I do not believe that he has anything ready.

Any opinions?

PFS tracking file updated

The PFS tracking sheet is updated and posted in the Attachments section of https://sites.google.com/site/zombiehomepage/Home/zombie-s-d-d-pathfinder-page.

Please look it over and ensure the accuracy. Please provide updated levels, factions, classes, character names for your stable on the Character tracking tab.

Tuesday Fun Fund is Still Empty

Looking for contributions to our Tuesday Fun Fund. The fund currently has $0.

With 7 of us, I expect that each person should expect to contribute approximately $20 to $25 per year to keep us supplied with adventures and supplies. I have contributed the last $55 to the fund.

Updating PFS speadsheet

I need a bunch of information to get our PFS spreadsheet up to date.

I believe I need the following:

Something was run on June 22nd. I believe that it was #5-22 - Scars of the Third Crusade. I need to know who ran, who played,which characters received credit and if anyone was advancing on slow progression.

Need to know which characters received credit for The Snows of Summer. I have who played. I think everyone but Steve received full XP.

Need to know which characters received credit for We B4 Goblins! I have who played and ran.

I believe that this is the list of games that Dave, Steve and Bruce played at Gen Con:

#7-15 - The Deepmarket Deception
#7-98 - Serpents' Ire
#7-99 - Through Maelstrom Rift
#8-00 - The Cosmic Captive
#8-01 - Portent's Peril
#8-02 - Ward Asunder
#8-03 - Captives of Toil

I need to know which characters received credit and if anyone was advancing on slow progression.

Exile Game Studio Forums

If you have not already done so, please consider joining up for the forums over at https://www.exilegames.com/ In the spirit of the 10th Anniversary of Hollow Earth Expedition RPG, I would like to see growth in the forum community. This is a great place to share ideas and resources for HEX and all of the Ubiquity powered settings.

Tonight

Who plans to be in attendance tonight? I am trying to decide what we will be doing.

We are not expecting Dave, David or Steve.

Will we have Alan, Kelly, Randy and Bruce?

we be goblins #4

I'll be running this on Gen-Con Eve.

I'll have pre-gens for you to play, but have a 1st or 2nd level PFS character in mind to receive the chronicle sheet.

I'm thinking of bringing the maps and stuff to Gen-Con to run for the other half of the group if we have time. (it is repeatable, David)

Sandy Petersen's Cthulhu Mythos for Pathfinder

Sandy is looking for beta play testers for this new book.
Since I am on the email list for kickstarter backers I got the invite.
I submitted our group as play testers.
I will find out soon if we get selected.

bruce

Credit for Snows of Summer

Whom are you assigning chronicle sheets to?

I am assigning to Achmed ibn Wadood, my -15

Gaming on the 5th of july

I think I have pink eye (won't be positive until the doctor confirms it).  Blam told me to not be a dick, so I won't be at gaming to infect you all while I laugh evilly.

Better now than in 30 days.

Reign of Winter Chronicle Sheets

Snows of Summer: level 1-2
The Shackled Hut: 5-7
Maiden, Mother, Crone: 8-10
The Frozen Stars: 11-13
Rasputin Must Die!: 13-15
The Witch Queen's Revenge: 15-17

The hell are we supposed to do with level 13 to 17 chronicle sheets?

What are we doing tomorrow?

Are we playing Reign of Winter still or are we doing something else?

Looking ahead

I will be absent the next two Tuesdays. I will update my character and send him to Dave to use if necessary. I may stop in next week but it will be to pack a few things. I might be able to show up late the following week but no promises.

Between now and Gen Con I would like to have two or maybe three weeks to playtest a 2-hour Mars adventure and up to two 4-hour super hero adventures. I would like to reserve 7/12, 7/19 and 7/26 as dates to do that playtesting.

Starfinder Roleplaying Game

http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5litw?Announcing-the-Starfinder-Roleplaying-Game

Core rulebook set for release at GenCon.

Reign of Winter Character Creation

Point buy: Epic Fantasy, 25 points

Available nonstandard races: Catfolk, Tengu

You MUST take ONE campaign trait from the Reign of Winter path: http://karzoug.info/srd/Pathfinder/Traits/ReignofWinter.htm

Alignments must be some flavor of GOOD.

Maximum HP at first level.  Average HP at new levels.


The game starts in a podunk village of Taldor.  It would make sense to be some flavor of Taldan, but it's not necessary.

Tonight 5-24

What's on the menu after we finish SoB?

Does anyone want to be a Ubiquity GM at Gen Con?

Is anyone interested in running any Ubiquity games at Gen Con? Most of the Ubiquity events have already sold out and Gen Con has asked if we can run any more games.

If  anyone is interested, I expect that we can come up with a scenario or two for you to run.

Next Week: More Shadows of Brimstone

We are planning another go of Shadows of Brimstone next week. We played last night and failed again but I think we did considerably better. Alan started with a new character. David decided to play a new one too. Kelly's character got carried away by demons in the town so he had to make a new guy. Bruce and I played or gimped guys.

We failed mostly due to my inability to hold back the Darkness and the fact that we did not uncover any clue icons on our Exploration tokens. We were about to win a fight and get some loot before running away buy I rolled snake eyes and got us ambushed by more swamp slugs.

When we pick up we have a trip to town. A d3 buildings will be destroyed because we failed. We only had 1 travel event which was the bridge out which means that we only have 2 days to stay before we need to move on. It is a similar result to last time so I expect that Dave and Randy can do their town visit with us next time.

Tonight

Are we expecting everyone tonight?

New SoB Arrivals

These just arrived today.

Next Week

What do we want to do next week?

Shadows of Brimstone Recap

It was a hard night for the posse but I think we did pretty well as a group getting the hang of the rules. I might have been able to explain things better but I wanted to keep things moving. From my perspective it went much better than the last time we tried to play. I hope that folks had fun. I would be interested in your feedback.

The next time we play, we should do our visit to town. We have the close d3 random buildings because of the darkness escape. We only have 2 days available in town due to a travel event. This may be you opportunity to fix injury/madness/mutation and to purchase equipment.

Personally I am considering starting a new character next time. It will cost me 310 XP but I will forego an injury, a madness, a mutation and 2 permanent sanity loss. On top of it I only have $50 and really cannot buy any goods or service. Not sure yet.

If anyone wants to start over or play a different character the next time, that is perfectly acceptable.We can even double up on character classes if we choose.

I have invested some cash into this game and plan to continue to do so as less than half of the planned content has been released. While I enjoy playing solo, I would also like to play it with a group. We can continue to have this on the shelf for when we have 6 players or less or we can try to modify the game to allow for more players. Out of the box, the game is set up to allow for 6 players. I think that we may be able to play with 7. In order to do this, we would need to increase the difficulty a bit but the trick is not to crank it up too much. My suggestions to do this would be to add an epic ability to all monsters and/or add some additional monsters like plus d3 small/medium, 1 large. If that pushes over the number of available models then we add another epic ability instead. That said, this might take a bit to get right.

Dragon's Demand Reported

I finally reported Dragon's Demand part 1 today. I applied credit as follows:

Bruce - 8566-13 - 3 XP and 4 PP
Dave - 14340-13 - 3 XP and 4 PP
Randy - 14366-8 - 3 XP and 4 PP
David - 18517-16 - 3 XP and 4 PP
Alan - 18524-6 - 3 XP and 4 PP
Kelly - 18518-8 - 2 XP and 3 PP
Steve - 14366-9 - 2 XP and 3 PP (Created new character number for this)
Corey - 14524-4 - 1 XP and 2 PP

Please let me know if anything listed above needs to be changed. The chronicle can be applied to a 1st through 3rd level character.

I have the chronicle sheets in my bag and will complete them and hand them out tomorrow.

Next Tuesday - Shadows of Brimstone?

Since Alan will not be there this Tuesday, are you guys game for trying out Shadows of Brimstone again?

I have watched several play through videos and have played myself 4 times with a couple of characters. I think I have the rules down to help navigate everyone through the game. Unlike last time, all the models are glued together and all the map tiles, tokens and cards are ready for use. Also unlike last time, we will track XP and money as you can level mid-game and money is needed when going to town.

I expect that we can get through an adventure and the post adventure trip to town with 6 players in our allotted time.

If folks like it, we can play when we are short players and/or we can try to find a modification to allow 7 players to play and keep some semblance of the game balance. (I have some ideas.)

Tonight's Game

Are we expecting everyone tonight?

New Perils of Mars Sample Characters

Here are the color versions of the new Perils of Mars sample characters. The book will contain black and white versions but the color art will appear on Style Points and color character prints.

The Quartermaster will appear as part of my adventure.

Who will be there?

Who are we expecting tonight?

Hero Lab for Sandy Petersen's Cthulhu Mythos for Pathfinder

When the Sandy Petersen's Cthulhu Mythos for Pathfinder Kickstarter hits the $150K stretch goal, every PDF or physical book backer will also get a copy of the Hero Lab data file for the book. The PDF only pledge is only $15 and the physical book with PDF is $35.

New HEX Character Generation Cheat Sheets

I have posted new versions of the HEX Character Generation Cheat Sheets on my HEX page -  https://sites.google.com/site/zombieshexpage/zombie-s-hex-page. They can be found in the Attachments section at the bottom of the page.

I have removed the older versions.

The direct links to the new files are:

https://sites.google.com/site/zombieshexpage/zombie-s-hex-page/HEX_CGCS_V4a.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

https://sites.google.com/site/zombieshexpage/zombie-s-hex-page/HEX_CGCS_V4a_plain.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1

Tuesday - The Return

Tuesday is my first day back to work.  I'll have to play it by ear whether I'll Skype or show up in the flesh.

What are we doing?

A Handy Reference

Someone in the FB Pathfinder group came up with this list. Dunno how accurate it is, but it looks pretty good to me.
All this time I was thinking Taldor was the British Empire, but it turns out it was closer to Byzantium.  How does one do a Byzantine accent?

Absalom is Jerusalem mixed with Rhodes/Cyprus.

Almhult is Iceland.

Amanandar is Hong Kong.

Andoran is the early United States.

The Arcadians are Native Americans, and so are the Shoantinote .

Bachuan is, of all places in a fantasy setting, a fusion of communist China and North Korea.

Brevoy and Iobaria are medieval Russia.

Cheliax can be seen as some weird form of Satan-worshipping Nazi Germany / Fascist Italy hybrid if you look at it the right (wrong) way.

Druma is Switzerland.

Dtang Ma is Vietnam and Malaysia.

The Erutaki are Inuit.

The Forest of Spirits is ancient Japan, by way of Princess Mononoke.

Galt is revolutionary France.

Goka is Macau fused with Singapore.

Hongal and Shaguang are Mongolia.

Hwanggot is Korea.

 Iblydos is ancient Greece.

 Irrisen is the fairy tale version of Russia (complete with Baba Yaga!).

Jalmeray is a fantastic Indian version of Socotra island.

Jistka was a less successful Rome mixed with Carthage.

Kaladay is the medieval European conception of China.

Katapesh is Arabia.

 Kelesh is Persia.

The Lands of the Linnorm Kings are Scandinavia.

Lung Wa and its many Successor States are China.

Minata is Indonesia and the Philippines.

Minkai is Japan and so is Shokuro, with the difference being that Minkai is a bit more fantastic and Shokuro a bit more feudal.

 Molthune is Prussia.

The Mwangi Expanse is Darkest Africa.

Ninshabur is Babylon.

Osirion is Egypt.

Qadira is also Arabia (with some Persian influences).

Sarusan is Australia. The Shackles are the Caribbean.

Taldor is the Byzantine Empire.

Ustalav is fantasy Transylvania.

Valenhall is Vinland.

The Varisians are the Romani (Gypsies).

The Varki are Sàmi (Lapland natives).

Vudra is India.

The Wall of Heaven is Nepal.

Xa Hoi is Thailand and Khmer Empire.

Zi Ha is Tibet.

Of the deities: The faith of Iomedae comes closest to Christianity. Asmodeus is a take on Satan as depicted in Paradise Lost and the Divine Comedynote . Sarenrae's faith has Islamic and Zoroastrian influences. Shizuru and Susumu are Amaterasu and Susanoo, and Daikitsu is Inari. Sangpotshi is Buddhism. The Vudran faith is Hinduism.
It even extends to the solar system. Aballon the Horse is Mercury. Castrovel the Green is Venus. Akiton the Red is Mars. The Diaspora is the Asteroid Belt. Liavara is Jupiter and Saturn. Bretheda is Uranus and Neptune. Aucturn is Pluto (and by Pluto we mean Yuggoth.

Shane Poap

So I was looking for my AFO character and came across the character sheet for Shane Poap.  Check out his disads.  Ah, good times...

Atlantean Power Words

For future reference -

Based upon the description for Atlantean Power Words and other talents in the chain only work on "sentient creatures". I take that to mean races that can be player characters. I do not believe that it will work on robots (because they are not creatures), animals (not sentient) and mindless undead (not living/sentient). Might work against undead with an intelligence. I also think it may not work on mind controlled or otherwise controlled characters. At the very least it might require an opposed roll against the controller.

PFS: All for Immortality

New PFS Seeker arch announced today. It will be tier 12-15 with sub-tiers of 12-13 and 14-15.

Check it out: http://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lil4?Calling-All-Seekers

Exile looking for GMs for Gen Con

Is anyone that is going to Gen Con interested/willing to run a HEX game or two?

Some of the usual cast of characters that normally run games at Gen Con cannot make it this year for various reasons. The registration deadline for games and not have them be considered as late adds is 3/14/16 so there is not a lot of time left.

If you want to try your hand at running, I can supply an adventure to run.

Fun Fund is Empty Again

Our gamer fun fund is empty once more. We will take contributions big or small.

New Perils of Mars Cover Art

Perils of Mars Kickstarter has begun

You can check it out at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2085348754/perils-of-mars

new Pathfinder book kickstarter

Sandy Petersen's Cthulhu Mythos for Pathfinder

Trying again

http://us10.campaign-archive2.com/?u=6587366039f0f075d4adc344a&id=813ec1d522&e=9057fdbb32

Need Mars characters for next week

Everyone will need a Mars character for next week. Without Dave and Randy, that is what we worked on with the rest of the folks this Tuesday.

- Bruce is playing a Green Martian Psychic Healer.
- David is playing a Purple Martian Scholar with knowledge of Atlantean Power Words.
- Kelly is playing a human lawman projected from Earth.
- Alan is playing a Pantherman beastman explored from the Hollow Earth that came through a portal.
- Randy is playing a human explorer from Earth who's rocket crashed on Mars.

My plan is to start playtesting the adventure that I am writing but that will depend on how much I get done over the weekend. Regardless, I have material to run that we can use to get to know the characters and familiarize ourselves with the setting. If need be be can spend a potion of the session working on characters.

Mars Adventure Playtesting

I will be needing to playtest the Mars adventure that I am writing. I expect that we will need at least two weeks but maybe three. I will plan to run something starting 2/23/16 and likely 3/1/16 and 3/8/16.

You will need to create characters for Mars. We can discuss you character concepts further online or at the game next week. Bruce, David and I all have hard copies of the RoM book. You will likely also need things from other books as well.

To get you started, a copy of the latest Character Generation Cheat Sheet can be found here: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnx6b21iaWVzaGV4cGFnZXxneDphNzlhZjFmMzY3MDIxOTk

My draft deadline is 3/18/16 so I want to have some time to analyze and incorporate your feedback.

I have the original NDAs for everyone but we may need to fill out new ones. I know that Exile has changed their address and I believe that some of you have as well (Dave, Randy, Steve, Corey). I will check with them and see if we need to do anything. If so, I will supply the new forms to be signed.

Supers Game Planning

OK. So I brought this up last week but I wanted to let you all know that I am serious about doing this.

The Plan: Run a new Supers game using my modified Ubiquity rules.

I think that we agreed that the player characters will be heroes. They will be just starting out (low powered) and are not necessarily part of a team. You will end up working together but may or not end up as a formalized group.

The setting will be modern day and the tone will be modern comics.

My definition of modern comics =  Moral choices tend to fall into shades of grey rather than black and white. The level of violence tends to be more toward the lethal end of the spectrum (guns, swords, etc. rather than just fists and and flashy powers). Angst is more likely than not. Expect a darker reality rather than a sunny one.

Your Role: Come up with a character concept. What does your character do? Why does he do it (motivation)? What is the source of his powers (origin)? How did he come by his powers (origin story)?

I will try to build your characters with you filling in the blanks. If we need to, we can spend part of a game session doing this.

Caveat: The rules for this game/system are under construction. I will reserve the right to change how things work as we play. This may mean that powers, skills and talents will be modified as we go. I will allow for some respecs depending on circumstances.

Dave has expressed an interest in a ghost-like character.

David has expressed an interest in a mentalist.

Bruce is looking at a speedster.

Alan is looking at a supernatural/undead martial swordsman.

Kelly is looking at a martial artist.

Randy is looking at a cowboy that shoots psychic bullets from his finger.

HEX, Mars

Last night's HEX game was a very nice change up from the PFS we have been playing exclusively for the rememberable past. I hope we can play at least several more weeks of HEX, Mars or otherwise.

What did you all think ?

This week

What are we doing this week? Did Bruce start a scenario last week after Dave finished his?