A piece of feedback I’ve gotten from a few people getting groups together to run one of our VTT adventure modules is the need for pregen characters. Some of these GMs have players that are interested in playing in a game, but not particularly interested in Pathfinder or wanting to fiddle with HeroLab or a Google Drive character sheet themselves.

Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Ivric Priest Toggle Statistics XP

Gnome Cleric 3

Lawful Neutral (LN) Small humanoid

Init +1; Senses Perception +3 DEFENSE AC 19, touch 12, flat-footed 18 (+7 armor, +1 Dex, +1 size)

hp 21

Fort +5, Ref +3, Will +7

OFFENSE Speed 15 ft

Weapons and Attacks

Light Mace +2 (1d4 -1/x2)

Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft.

STATISTICS Str 8 Dex 12 Con 12 Int 10 Wis 16 Cha 15

Base Atk +2; CMB +0; CMD 11

Feats Extra Channel, Toughness

Skills Acrobatics -3, Appraise +0, Bluff +2, Climb -5, Craft 1 +, Craft 2 +0, Craft 3 +, Diplomacy +6, Disable Device +, Disguise +2, Escape Artist -3, Fly -1, Handle Animal +, Heal +8, Intimidate +2, Arcana +, Dungeoneering +, Engineering +, Geography +, History +5, Local +, Nature +, Nobility +4, Planes +, Religion +5, Linguistics +, Perception +3, Perform 1 +2, Perform 2 +2, Profession 1 +, Profession 2 +, Ride -3, Sense Motive +7, Sleight Of Hand +, Spellcraft +, Stealth +1, Survival +3, Swim -5, Use Magic Device +

Languages

SPECIAL ABILITIES Gnome Cleric 3Lawful Neutral (LN) Small humanoid+1;Perception +319, touch 12, flat-footed 18 (+7 armor, +1 Dex, +1 size)21+5,+3,+715 ftLight Mace +2 (1d4 -1/x2)5 ft.;5 ft.1212101615+2;+0;11Extra Channel, ToughnessAcrobatics -3, Appraise +0, Bluff +2, Climb -5, Craft 1 +, Craft 2 +0, Craft 3 +, Diplomacy +6, Disable Device +, Disguise +2, Escape Artist -3, Fly -1, Handle Animal +, Heal +8, Intimidate +2, Arcana +, Dungeoneering +, Engineering +, Geography +, History +5, Local +, Nature +, Nobility +4, Planes +, Religion +5, Linguistics +, Perception +3, Perform 1 +2, Perform 2 +2, Profession 1 +, Profession 2 +, Ride -3, Sense Motive +7, Sleight Of Hand +, Spellcraft +, Stealth +1, Survival +3, Swim -5, Use Magic Device +

In my responses to them, I pointed out that you can use any of the PC tokens on the website as a pregen character. They work a lot like NPC tokens for this purpose: search for PC tokens by tag, such as class names like cleric and wizard or races like halfling or elf, and a bunch of widgets will pop up. You can browse their statistics, feats, and spells to get a feel for how the character works, and click through to the character’s profile to read what the player has written about them.

In addition to everything you’d expect from an NPC token, SyncRPG actually archives a copy of a character at each level that it has seen. If you like Ivric Priest, the iconic cleric of our Tempest campaign setting, you can drag him into your game at any level from first to third by clicking on the dropdown menu on his widget. Select the level you want and the drag his token into the VTT. Ivric will arrive at the level you told him to and be ready for one of your players to use!

With so many pregens readily available and the provided VTT macro framework, it’s easy to get players in the game, even if they do not know how to play Pathfinder or build a character for it. With a few keywords about the sort of character they’d like to play, you can have a ready-to-use pregen token that will scale up with the adventure as they level. When they hop into the VTT all they have to do is select the token and mash the pictures for the attacks, saves, skills, or spells they want to use!

I’ve also found this extremely useful to help fill a party if we have a low turnout for a session. The adventures on SyncRPG are designed for a party of four, and I personally prefer to add more PCs than to shrink the encounters. It’s very easy to see what sort of classes the players are brining and throw in whatever else they need from the site. You can let the other players control them too!

If you’re interested in running Captured by Adventure or The Rescue of Doniert Ironvale and have any concerns or questions, please reach out to us! We’d love to help you out in any way we can, including hopping onto a Google Hangout to guide you through whatever you need!

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