paizo.com Recent Threads in Beginner Boxpaizo.com Recent Threads in Beginner Box2023-09-13T20:33:38Z2023-09-13T20:33:38ZForums: Beginner Box: SMOKING SWORD QUESTIONkheferenhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43vo4?SMOKING-SWORD-QUESTION2023-09-13T20:24:56Z2023-09-13T20:24:56Z<p>What is the effect in game terms to wielding a sword that constantly belches out smoke?</p>
<p>Is it like the smoke from a torch or is it smoke that obscures vision and causes problems?</p>
<p>Since there is no specific game info that I can find anywhere, I'm thinking of just making it so that when it is drawn, it is whispy smoke like from the embers of a flame. Nothing more.</p>What is the effect in game terms to wielding a sword that constantly belches out smoke?
Is it like the smoke from a torch or is it smoke that obscures vision and causes problems?
Since there is no specific game info that I can find anywhere, I'm thinking of just making it so that when it is drawn, it is whispy smoke like from the embers of a flame. Nothing more.kheferen2023-09-13T20:24:56ZForums: Beginner Box: System ErrorBunnycrypthttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs43qr5?System-Error2023-01-20T09:13:05Z2023-01-20T09:13:05Z<p>I attempted to purchase the beginners box for Foundry, and when I went to check out I was having a lot of issues. I checked my bank and found I had been charged thrice, but there isnt even a single copy according to my paizo account. I do still want to purchase it, but I only wanted to purchase it once. Is there some way for me to resolve these two issues?</p>I attempted to purchase the beginners box for Foundry, and when I went to check out I was having a lot of issues. I checked my bank and found I had been charged thrice, but there isnt even a single copy according to my paizo account. I do still want to purchase it, but I only wanted to purchase it once. Is there some way for me to resolve these two issues?Bunnycrypt2023-01-20T09:13:05ZForums: Beginner Box: Hours and hours of play and fun! Black Fang and beyondAlice042https://paizo.com/threads/rzs431ue?Hours-and-hours-of-play-and-fun-Black-Fang2020-05-24T16:08:38Z2020-05-24T16:08:38Z<p>We played Black Fang last night after getting the beginner box. I opted to start the PCs in Sandpoint at the Rusty dragon to start introducing them to the town. They got the info for the 'hunt' off he help board in the inn and had to go speak with the mayor to get the full info and officially accept the 'hunt'. That added a bit to it both time wise and in player/ncp interactions. We played for 5 hours and they died right before the end (lol) so we are finishing up today. If you stretch and pad it a bit it is defiantly enough for a full session. I Was worried at first about that as well. After BFD we are going to do the deadly mines with an add on attachment from one of the wayfinders (into the dark wayfinder #9). Wayfinder #9- into the dark, the gateway to the nar voth, and Deverins folly-has a lot of good ones that go well with the beginner boxas does wayfinder 10,11,12 and that I feel will be a good follow up. After we have done some of those and I feel we all (me as a GM and they as players) have enough experience to really start an adventure path we are going to start Rise of the Ruin Lords. I am a new GM but the things I listed give me every thing I need to make a worth-wile game that has good content all around.</p>We played Black Fang last night after getting the beginner box. I opted to start the PCs in Sandpoint at the Rusty dragon to start introducing them to the town. They got the info for the 'hunt' off he help board in the inn and had to go speak with the mayor to get the full info and officially accept the 'hunt'. That added a bit to it both time wise and in player/ncp interactions. We played for 5 hours and they died right before the end (lol) so we are finishing up today. If you stretch and...Alice0422020-05-24T16:08:38ZForums: Beginner Box: New player here, where should I start?ToastGoatshttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs42cp3?New-player-here-where-should-I-start2018-11-03T04:58:59Z2018-11-03T04:58:59Z<p>I got an ID from a convention last summer where I tried Pathfinder for the first time and was told to sign up here so I guess it's better late than never to start posting.</p>
<p>I'm extremely new to RPGs and I'd like to know more about Pathfinder and how I can play it, I already have the core rulebook but not much else.</p>I got an ID from a convention last summer where I tried Pathfinder for the first time and was told to sign up here so I guess it's better late than never to start posting.
I'm extremely new to RPGs and I'd like to know more about Pathfinder and how I can play it, I already have the core rulebook but not much else.ToastGoats2018-11-03T04:58:59ZForums: Beginner Box: First adventure with a bunch of RPG noobies!Unikatzehttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tpru?First-adventure-with-a-bunch-of-RPG-noobies2016-06-09T01:29:53Z2016-06-09T01:29:53Z<p>Hi All,
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I just started playing the Pathfinder starter Box on Sunday with some friends and had so much fun I wanted to share our experience through the dungeon.
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It was a party of three plus the GM. We all used the Heroic characters that came pre made in the box.
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Ezren the Wizard, Kyra the Cleric and Valeros the fighter (me).
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So we approached the cave and I decided to inspect the Statue, both me and Kyra saw nothing out of the ordinary, but Ezren noticed the acid marks on it. Then the two Goblins attacked! Since Kyra was bending over inspecting the statue, she got stabbed in the ass, Ezren tried waking the other on the head with a stick. This was great because my friend Meg who was running Ezren was making old people jokes the whole time, I think this one mentioned whippersnapper or something. Valeros rushed at the first goblin and turned it into mush with one strike, and after the next round did the same with the other. I took the two lizards they were carrying... you never know.
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We walked into the cave and inspected the sleeping straw. Kyra found the chest's key while Valeros kept guard of the hall. In the next room we all put money in the well and got some decent buffs. Valeros, being wary of the voices stood guard in the corridor while the other two checked the room with the gem and the strange light. We all discussed and agreed that we should avoid the red room as it seemed like a trap and our mission was to take on Black Fang. We decided to have another look at it on our way back.
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I peaked around the corner to see Goblins arguing with each other. We decided that rushing them was a bad idea as we could not see if there was more of them, so we decided to lure them into the hallway as to fight them all one on one. Valeros shot an arrow at the closest Goblin and hit him in the ear, cutting it off. But the Goblin did not attack, it looked confused and hailed us to come. We heard a voice in broken common saying "come heres, wes got sweet deals for yous!" Not being ready to trust a bunch of Goblins, I shouted back that they should come here... when they refused, I gave them a warning shot of my short bow. This pissed them off and made them attack.
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Valeros was holding them off extremely effectively in the hall, so Kyra got bored and decided to lean against the wall. It was going smoothly until King Ratmouth used a fear spell on Valeros, (I rolled a 1 on the resistance to it) making him run away towards the entrance of the cave. This is when s@&! hit the fan. The goblins started pouring in and hit Ezren for some heavy damage. Kyra used an AOE heal which grew back the ear of the goblin. The goblins eventually killed Ezren, making him fall into the fountain.
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Once Valeros was back to his senses he rushed back and started killing the Goblins, all but king Ratmouth which we forced to surrender.
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In exchange for his life we took all his treasure, got information that Blackfang was a Dragon and where to find it, also that the water nearby was "bad water" and that when his subjects ever went into the room with the ruby they would "go poof!".
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We let him go and decided to head straight to Black Fang as this was what we were hired for. I used my grappling hook to get up the wall, we saw the skelletons but avoided their detection... until Ezren came up and dropped some rocks, making the three skelletons attack!
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The successfully killed Ezren and then Kyra and Valeros managed to finish them off. We revived Ezren and continued on our way. After a bit of sneaking we managed to see Black Fang and avoid his detection. And then for some reason I attribute to old age, Ezren decided to start telling us his backstory, he just started blabbing away until Black Fang heard us. He approached and told us to come out, I decided to try and talk our way through this since he was bigger than I expected. I tried to persuade him to make his lair somewhere else. He laughed it off and said he found us puny. I told him that if he did kill us, the town would just send more people to take him on I almost convinced him but I lost a diplomacy roll. For some reason I was the one doing all the talking even though I had the lowest diplomacy skill...
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He decided to attack. I jumped down from the stairs and slashed down at him, butdid no damage to his scales. We fought at the bottom for a while as Ezren used magic on him and Kyra used buffs. When Ezren did a lot of damage he pulled his attention and shot acid at him, killing him in one strike. Kyra dragged Ezren's body away while I held him off, but he managed to get a bite in and almost killed me with one hit, so I started backing off up the stairs. Once at the top, Kyra started healing me and I landed some good hits in, so we decided to stay there a bit before retreating. We ended up in a bit of a stalemate, no one dealing damage to either. Kyra got bored and started leaning on the wall, and eventually Black Fang got bored and decided to fly away.
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Mission complete! We gathered the loot and started making our way out, but taking the opposite hall. At the water, since I had the highest swimming skill I decided to check the chest myself. We checked the chest for magic but forgot to look into the water, so when I started swimming I got attacked by that horrible reef thing. I tried to swim back to the shore, but he got me with a claw and I could not move! Valeros almost died, but Kyra and Ezren managed to kill the beats before that happened. After a heal we continued to the statue... none of us could see anything on it except for a cryptic message about water.
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When we got to the room with the spider webs, we all noticed the webs were large and may have been made by a larger creature. Ezren noped right the hell away from there... I lit a torch and threw it at the webs... but since they didn't all ignite as I hoped, I just lit another and started burning them one at a time. We opened the chest as I held guard with 3 webs still remaining. Kyra decided to check the room with the altar now, and after hearing the warning "APPROACH WITH HUMILITY AND LIVE" or something like that. I told him to stop and gave him one f my lizards, telling him to throw one at the altar. He did and everything lit up. But when the fire vanished we noticed the lizard was still unburnt. He decided to crawl and managed to effectively pick up the ruby.
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They both crawled their way to the room with the fountain and made their way to the entrance... but Valeros wanted to see what the spider was about. He backed off into the room with the trap and shot arrows at the remaining webs, successfully drawing out the giant spider. Valeros rushed back and crawled under the trap and waited for the spider. As it approached he threw his second lizard onto the trap and activated it, killing the spider. Mission complete!!
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I know we being noobs probably took a lot of liberties on the mechanics, but this was honestly a really good time.
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With that, I have a few simple questions that I'm sure have been answered plenty, but the amount of info out there is a bit overwhelming so I'm going to ask some specific ones here.
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What are some good technological aids that are considered must haves? I tried some apps for character sheets for my phone. I found Pathfinder CS which I'm not sure I understand 100%. Hero Lab looks great but you have to buy the PC one which is 30 bucks. If it's the best thing around I may consider it. For now I'm using mod neceros pathfinder character sheet and it seems good. There's also some online table sheets and stuff so just wonder what you all find a must have.
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Thanks for reading!</p>Hi All,
I just started playing the Pathfinder starter Box on Sunday with some friends and had so much fun I wanted to share our experience through the dungeon.
It was a party of three plus the GM. We all used the Heroic characters that came pre made in the box.
Ezren the Wizard, Kyra the Cleric and Valeros the fighter (me).
So we approached the cave and I decided to inspect the Statue, both me and Kyra saw nothing out of the ordinary, but Ezren noticed the acid marks on it. Then the two...Unikatze2016-06-09T01:29:53ZForums: Beginner Box: Beginner Box - Hero's Handbook Should be a free downloadLostherohttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2tiwi?Beginner-Box-Heros-Handbook-Should-be-a-free2016-03-13T18:21:26Z2016-03-13T18:21:26Z<p>Dear Paizo,</p>
<p>I am starting a new round as a new DM.I am handing out my printed version of the BB Hero's handbook for the Players to read and understand the basic rules.
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I would like to give them my version of as a pdf-file so they could read the pdf without destroying my booklet. As far as I understand this would be Piracy, so I will not. After the "Humble bundle" promotion two of them got the "1$" version, but it would be really nice of you guys, if you could lift the restrictions to the basic booklet for player characters !</p>
<p>Best Regards
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Losthero</p>Dear Paizo,
I am starting a new round as a new DM.I am handing out my printed version of the BB Hero's handbook for the Players to read and understand the basic rules.
I would like to give them my version of as a pdf-file so they could read the pdf without destroying my booklet. As far as I understand this would be Piracy, so I will not. After the "Humble bundle" promotion two of them got the "1$" version, but it would be really nice of you guys, if you could lift the restrictions to the...Losthero2016-03-13T18:21:26ZForums: Beginner Box: Solo play...loving it !!Arazahttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2sv15?Solo-playloving-it2015-08-17T14:06:52Z2015-08-17T14:06:52Z<p>Hi,guys.
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I got the pathfinder rpg beginners box a few weeks back.decided to give it a go after playing the pathfinder card game.but,my main concern was I work a lot of funny hours so joining groups etc would be very limited.
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anyway,i decided to have a go at solo play with 3 characters [could have been any number].and had a go at soloing black fangs dungeon....loved it!!..not only that but picked up so much by doing it this way as theres no distractions from the group chatting.
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so,anyone who has the game I say give the quest that comes with the game a try solo. let me know what you guys think?</p>
<p>peace and happy dungeoneering to all !</p>Hi,guys.
I got the pathfinder rpg beginners box a few weeks back.decided to give it a go after playing the pathfinder card game.but,my main concern was I work a lot of funny hours so joining groups etc would be very limited.
anyway,i decided to have a go at solo play with 3 characters [could have been any number].and had a go at soloing black fangs dungeon....loved it!!..not only that but picked up so much by doing it this way as theres no distractions from the group chatting.
so,anyone who...Araza2015-08-17T14:06:52ZForums: Beginner Box: AcronymsElrond's cousin (alias of Ben Quearry)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2rj18?Acronyms2014-09-24T19:38:25Z2014-09-24T19:38:25Z<p>Greetings all
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I'm new to Pathfinder, just now making plans to play through the Beginner's Box. Pathfinder is awesome! I've already purchased the Core Rulebook and I'm really enjoying it. My question; is there a complete Pathfinder acronym dictionary available anywhere? They are getting a bit overwelming for a newb.</p>
<p>Thanks, EC</p>Greetings all
I'm new to Pathfinder, just now making plans to play through the Beginner's Box. Pathfinder is awesome! I've already purchased the Core Rulebook and I'm really enjoying it. My question; is there a complete Pathfinder acronym dictionary available anywhere? They are getting a bit overwelming for a newb.
Thanks, ECElrond's cousin (alias of Ben Quearry)2014-09-24T19:38:25ZForums: Beginner Box: PFBB One Page AdventuresFiremanTimhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2qu19?PFBB-One-Page-Adventures2014-03-27T15:20:03Z2014-03-27T15:20:03Z<p>I have been making 'One Page Adventures' using Dyson Logos's fantastic dungeon maps for use with the PFBB.</p>
<p>My latest is a Lvl 2-3 adventure called the Lair of the Serpent Lord.</p>
<p>My other adventures include:</p>
<p>The Mines of Kazak Kuln
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The Tomb of the Sorcerer King
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The Tomb of Pellen Tor
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Black Fang's Demise</p>
<p>I also made an adventure for Ruins of Raven's Watch.</p>
<p>PM me your email if you want a PDF Copy.</p>
<p>For more of Dyson's awesome maps, visit http://rpgcharacters.wordpress.com/</p>I have been making 'One Page Adventures' using Dyson Logos's fantastic dungeon maps for use with the PFBB.
My latest is a Lvl 2-3 adventure called the Lair of the Serpent Lord.
My other adventures include:
The Mines of Kazak Kuln
The Tomb of the Sorcerer King
The Tomb of Pellen Tor
Black Fang's Demise
I also made an adventure for Ruins of Raven's Watch.
PM me your email if you want a PDF Copy.
For more of Dyson's awesome maps, visit http://rpgcharacters.wordpress.com/FiremanTim2014-03-27T15:20:03ZForums: Beginner Box: Pregen Style Character Sheet Template/Blank?DWishRhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2nf3e?Pregen-Style-Character-Sheet-TemplateBlank2012-01-09T07:36:05Z2012-01-09T07:36:05Z<p>The Pregens in the beginner box are absolutely amazing. I'm starting a game next week and would love to provide Amiri and Seelah to my players as additional options (we've got 5 players). I know Paladin isn't in the BB but I'm willing to adjust it manually.</p>
<p>The BB Character sheet is nice for someone building their own character, but the pregen sheets just have that extra oomph that makes them wonderful for first timers. Any chance of a blank or template character sheet like the pregens so that we can create some more pregens as a community? It'd be awesome!</p>The Pregens in the beginner box are absolutely amazing. I'm starting a game next week and would love to provide Amiri and Seelah to my players as additional options (we've got 5 players). I know Paladin isn't in the BB but I'm willing to adjust it manually.
The BB Character sheet is nice for someone building their own character, but the pregen sheets just have that extra oomph that makes them wonderful for first timers. Any chance of a blank or template character sheet like the pregens so...DWishR2012-01-09T07:36:05Z