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  Jocelyn H

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  2 months ago

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  Summarizing discussion about the scenario from the Major Cons planning server (for Gen Con).
  
  The following answers were provided by Alex Speidel, Paizo Organized Play and Convention Manager, who is also the author of this scenario.
  
  General tips from Alex:
  
  

  • This one runs pretty short! Two of my runs came in right at two hours and one was around 1:45. Don't be afraid to let your players roleplay (and indeed, prod them and encourage them to do so).
    
  • In the unlikely event that one PC hasn't completed a task by task 4 (Dot's selling task), have her give them a wink and a nudge to do so. I very cleverly wrote it so that all PCs complete task 5 (the Decision Point), so as long as each PC does one task before then there's no need for the time penalty.
    
  • The final combat is hard! The boars are tough, and a couple of good hits (or one crit) will take down a 1st-level PC. Don't forget about the teams that arrive at the end of each round to assist, because that Aid bonus is gonna be super useful, especially at low-level tables.
    
  • The expectation is not that the PCs win; indeed, they have to do very well in order to win. Most will finish in the top 3 or in 4th place. Make sure Arvin makes it clear during the briefing that the Society does not expect a last-minute team to win, and that he'll be proud of them no matter what. (Also, if anybody critically fails the recall knowledge, this creates a very funny dynamic. Obozaya failed 2/3 times in my runs, which makes sense for her.)

  
  
  Q: In the Final Gauntlet task, when calculating race points, is it "number of rounds in combat plus number of task rounds in the obstacle course", or is it just "number of task rounds"?
  A: Do not include the combat rounds in the total number of rounds. (As the task rounds are abstracted as lasting about 10 minutes, the combat wouldn't be long enough to affect race points.)