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About GM "The Fox"

Guides

Doomed Hero's Guide to PbP

Painlord's Guide to PbP

Expectations for Players

Welcome to our PbP game together. Here are my expectations for players that I find make the experience easier for me as GM, and better for all of the players. :)

Have a complete stat block in your profile:
I will only accept characters who have a complete stat block in their profile. You should be able to run your character entirely from your stat block. If you need your character sheet or ITS in front of you also, then it is incomplete. Feel free to apply in Recruitment threads with a character that isn't up to date, but make sure to have a completed profile before the game starts.

Post every day:
One to two posts per weekday and once per weekend is about the average pace of games. If you will be unable to post for a few days, please let the group know.

Move your minis on the map:
I use Google Drawings and/or Google Slides. If you are unable to manipulate the maps (iPhones have this problem), just indicate in your posts how you want your character to move so that someone else can do so for you.

Make posts interesting:
Most of your posts should include both dialog and descriptive text. Dialog should be bold text in quotes.

Make your dice rolling clear:
You attacks and damage should be on separate lines, and in blocks. They should include any bonuses. You can add the bonuses yourself or you can leave them separate (which is what I tend to do so that I make sure to count them all). Here is an example:

"Take that!" Elska says as she fires 2 arrows at the ghoul with her composite longbow.
[dice=attack 1, rapid shot, Point-Blank Shot]1d20+4-2+1[/dice]
[dice=damage, Point-Blank]1d8+3+1[/dice]

[dice=attack 2, rapid shot, Point-Blank Shot]1d20+4-2+1[/dice]
[dice=damage, Point-Blank]1d8+3+1[/dice]

Link to your spells and abilities:
I don't know all your spells and abilities. If it is a magic missile, you are fine. But if you cast anything even remotely more obscure, please link to it. Pretty much everything that is PFS-legal can be found at www.archivesofnethys.com. That is my preferred site.

Let me know if you have a wonky ability that I need to know about before I need to know about it:
Is your character built around some unusual ability or combo? Let me know about it up front so I can learn how it is supposed to work. If there are FAQs about it, link to those for me so that I can be up to speed before it comes into play. Is your ability somewhat up to table variation? Let me know that, and I will try to rule as fairly to you as I possibly can.

Give me feedback:
I know the rules pretty well, but I don't know everything. If I mess something up, don't hesitate to bring it up (in the Discussion thread or via PM). PbP has the advantage that rules discussions don't bog down the game like they can in face-to-face games.

Explore, Report, Cooperate!:
Remember that we are all here to have fun. Try to share the spotlight with other players. I don't care if you can one-shot every encounter; many of my own characters are built that way too. Just make sure that everyone else gets to show off too. :)