Arcanacon 2012 - Melbourne Australia
Arcanacon 2012
Australia Day long weekend
Thursday 26th through Sunday 29th January, 2012
Collingwood College, opposite Collingwood town hall, only a brief walk from Collingwood train station
Further details:
Arcanacon website
Hi all,
It's that time of year again! The 2012 Convention season kicks off in Australia with Arcanacon held over four day on the Australia Day long weekend!
Each Pathfinder Society game plays for 5 hours duration, and therefore requires two standard Arcanacon sessions to play, please refer to the timetable below for Pathfinder session times: :
Thursday 26th January 2012
Session 1: 4:05pm to 11:00pm
Friday 27th January 2012
Session 2: 9:00am to 3:55pm (lunch-break 12noon-12:55pm)
Session 3: 4:05pm to 11:00pm (dinner-break 7pm-8pm)
Saturday 28th January 2012
Session 4: 9:00am to 3:55pm (lunch-break 12noon-12:55pm)
Session 5: 4:05pm to 11:00pm (dinner-break 7pm-8pm)
Sunday 29th January 2012!
Session 6: 9:00am to 7:05pm (lunch-break 12noon-12:55pm)
Note: Sunday is a special event:
Blood Under Absalom, which requires three standard Arcanacon sessions to play!
Thursday, Friday and Saturday sessions will be chosen on the day, but will include intro scenarios for new players, new releases and popular favourites, so something for everyone!
Players may arrive and sign up on the day, however pre-registration enables us to anticipate player numbers and provide sufficient GMs to run tables. Note: Sunday's
Blood Under Absalom special is anticipated to book out -
pre-registration is strongly recommended!
You may join the Pathfinder Society without any prior game experience by playing one of seven
pre-generated characters - Kyra human cleric, Valeros human fighter, Merisiel elven rogue, Ezren human wizard, Lirianne half-elven gunslinger, Reiko human ninja, or Hayato human samurai.
Alternatively, if you’re already familiar with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, you can create your own first-level character and bring it with you to the game. If building your own character, you will need to refer to either the
Pathfinder RPG Beginner Box or
Pathfinder RPG Core Rules and the
Guide to Pathfinder Society Organised Play which describes the point-buy system, starting hit points,
factions and
traits, and other rules important to building a character for a world-wide shared campaign.
Most Pathfinder sourcebooks contain options you may use for your character, including new classes, archetypes, feats, traits, equipment, spells etc. If using a rule from a source outside the Core Rulebook, you must have a legal copy of that book with you at the table for the GM to refer to, and it must be listed as allowed on the
Additional Resources page, otherwise your character won't be permitted to use that class, feat, spell etc during play.
Useful links/resources:
If you've already been playing Pathfinder Society at previous events and have a higher-level character (make sure to bring along your Chronicle Sheets!), every opportunity will be made to group higher level characters together at one table. However, due to player numbers and character levels, it won't always be possible to play a scenario at your preferred character level, so players should be prepared to play a back-up, lower level character, if a higher level table is unavailable for your session.
You may continue your character's daring adventures at Pathfinder Society gamedays held every week at
Good Games Blackburn and
Geelong stores.
If you have any questions about character options or Pathfinder Society events, please don't hesitate to
contact me or join the discussions on the
Pathfinder Society messageboards.
Hope to see you at Arcanacon!
