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In preparation for our next major campaign, I am strongly considering using the 2nd Edition Pathfinder rules. The setting obviously is familiar to the group, and the ruleset is similar enough to make things understandable. And since they have a full campaign of experience now, it would not be too challenging for the group to create their own characters from the start, rather than using pre-made options. My only concern is changing the rules midstream – the current set is considered a playtest version – and most likely will still change quite a bit before the release next fall. But…
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As I mentioned yesterday, the group was very entertaining and the story very engaging during this last session. Previously, having finished the Shimmering Veils of Pride, the group had obtained the magical components, as well as a detailed plan on how to use those to create Dominating weapons to eventually face Karzoug. As a convenience for the group, I allowed each to imbue their chosen attack style with the magic, giving everyone the bonuses, defenses, and associated drawbacks – if desired.
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Our recent session was both entertaining and intense, even more so since we ended on a very big cliff hanger. We started the session reminiscing a bit, going over the recent Gencon, and eventually discussing how this particular campaign has set several records for my gaming career. Not only is this the largest long term group (with 10 players), but it is also one of the longest continuous games. Most specifically, we have continued the campaign far longer than I have ever managed to keep interest in Rise of the Runelords (prior record was near the middle of Chapter 3),…
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This next weekend is the long awaited and delayed full start to Shadowrun (maybe). Unfortunately, we have a conflict with the kid’s football schedules. My son’s football plays on Sunday, which make me unavailable, and one of the players plays on Sunday as well, making his family (and most of our other players) unavailable. As usual, our attempts at a second campaign schedule are always challenging. As a compromise, we may shift the game to Friday night instead, which would be a slightly shorter session, but at least is currently open on the calendar. As discussed previously, I am going…
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We continue our bi-weekly game this weekend, with the groups attempts to finally craft the Dominating weapons, and then try to escape from Runeforge. From the last session, they believe that they have discovered that the exit lies in the Halls of Wrath, but they have not yet explored that area as of yet. With their escape, that should wrap up Chapter 5, and we can move into the final chapter of the campaign. One of my tasks is to advance the characters to level 15, in preparation for the game, which I will be trying to do this week.…
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The other purchase I was focused on during the recent Gencon event was obtaining a copy of the newly released Star Wars X-Wing, revised for a 2nd edition. Officially, the game is being released I believe in early September to stores, but Fantasy Flight had brought an overly healthy supply to the convention for early sales. This isn’t a game that I had originally decided to get into, favoring instead Star Wars Armada, but with the new edition it looked to be a good time to start. In my mind, it was previously just too heavily supported, and I would…
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During the recent Gencon convention, my son and I had the opportunity to do a short playtest of the new mechanics being rolled out for Pathfinder 2nd Edition. Nothing super fancy, just a basic combat scenario with low level characters, to see what the differences were. We were teamed up with 3 other players, two of which had practically no experience, and one of which was another experienced gamer. I played the revised Kyra, Cleric of Sarenrae, and George played Fumbus, the Goblin Alchemist.
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Had a fun mini-vacation with the family over the weekend, attending Gencon this year. We only went for the Sunday “family day”, mainly to save a bit on cost, but realized after the fact that that may just not be enough time any longer. It used to be that a single day was enough to see everything, now we didn’t even make it thru all of the vendor hall. Admittedly the wife and younger son didn’t have much interest, but the older son and myself were eager. There was just only so much walking and seeing that could be done…
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