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I'm a former teacher. As part of my teacher education training, I've studied how people learn and remember things. For most people, having to learn ONE thing is easier than having to learn SEVERAL things, and having to learn SEVERAL things is harder than having to learn ONE thing.

But I don't want to get in an argument about this.

Not sure why it's even a question as to whether or not learning 1 thing is easier than learning 2 things at once. It's an obvious answer. Not everyone is a savant. :P

It says on page 9, the Spider's Lair page, next to "CREATURE:"

Also, I for one would love a "download the whole shebang" option.

Ahhh, okay that makes sense now. I would suggest making the other class options gray out once you chosen a class.

I'm not sure I follow. What are you selecting?

Here's what I did:

Selected Pathfinder

Selected American English

Clicked "A Whole Party"

Checkmarked all the Core Rulebook Classes

Selected both "Additional Options"

Clicked Download.
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When I open the PDF, the first page, the "fluff" page with all the skills, abilities, and feats - has "Barbarian" stuff pre-filled out on it. But there are not similar sheets for the other classes, nor is there a blank "fluff" sheet to use included in the package.

Your character sheets are my favorite of all the ones I've found.

As for the beta you just posted, it seems that if I do the "whole party" option, it only comes with the main character sheet for the barbarian. There is no blank one included in the download.

Yeeeeeeeeees. Yeeeeeeeeees. Yeeeeeeeeees. Yeeeeeeeeees. Yeeeeeeeeees. Yeeeeeeeeees. Yeeeeeeeeees.

Paizo, I love you. Let's have RPG babies.

And we're working on another PDF that helps you transition from the Beginner Box to the Core Rulebook.

I think I just peed a little.

He was just making a funny, Lord Nikon, don't read so far into it :P

The Beginner Box is great fun, glad I'm not the only one enjoying it out there.

Check the Beginner Box page on Paizo.com for the free Beginnier Box Bash adventures. They're short adventures. Or download the free GM kit and get the "Mines" adventure, also free.

*writes down idea*

What's everyone else have?

Thank you for the replies,

And in both of your examples, how do I factor in the bonuses they would get to those checks? Every player is going to have a bonus to stealth and perception.

Question first:

What are some examples of situations that you as the GM would make a roll for the player(s)?

I remember reading somewhere that the GM will make checks for players sometimes. Such as stealth, perception, etc. I also remember not being able to find anything that would expand on these type of situations and how they would work. Do you ask the player what bonuses they have for the check? Should I have copies of everyone's character sheets?

Fluff:

I really want to thank Paizo for this awesome Beginner's Box package. Our group started playing back in March, we're all 21-27 years old and none of us have ever played a tabletop RPG of any kind. In fact half of our players are wives, as we have 4 couples that we cycle in for games.

The Beginner's Box books are really well done visually. There's enough color and artwork to really get you in the right mindset and not overload your brain with text. I've now bought the Core/GM/Beastiary combo just to get myself ready for moving to the full game and, while I love reading them and very excited to play, I miss the flow and organization of the Beginner Box books. I know that's a tough nut to crack but there ya go. You guys are doing awesome work.

And I really love seeing the amount of input and feedback that the Paizo team delivers straight to these message boards. I really like that you are involved directly with the community beyond generic and sterile sounding public announcements.

Cheers!

How about teaming up with one of the hundreds of 'print to order' companies online. Give people an order form where they pick their spells, have the company print and ship, done!

I'd just get the character sheet for the full game and start transcribing the info from the BB sheet. Once you've filled in all that you have, see what is missing and go from there.

The only case you should be STRICTLY tracking time is during combat (1 round = 6 seconds, 10 rounds = minute).

Beyond that, you determine what is right based on the situation.

The GM guide specifies that the "glass vial of orange liquid" is a cure light wounds potion.

But you can also make up whatever. Up to you.

After almost a month of waiting, my first ever tabletop RPG experience is finally happening this Sunday with the Beginner's Box and a group of friends.

None of us have ever played Pathfinder before. I'm going to be DMing the game and I have prepared as much as I think I can without having ever played a single game.

I have music, I have artwork to display on a computer screen, and I have extra sets of die.

I want to do one final thing to prepare...

Right before I begin the game and read the first paragraph that sets up the arrival at the cave, I want to read a short introduction to Golarion. Something that's just like 2-4 paragraphs that sets up the world. Inhabitants, major gods, some of the cultures etc.

This is something I can come up with myself using the wiki if need be, but I figured I'd ask if something like this already existed somewhere. Thanks for any inputs!

Thank you, just the kind of information I was looking for!

There's a good chance I'm going to have 5 players to DM instead of the 4 recommended by the Beginner's Box. Will the scenario given in the box still work with 5 players? I don't want it to be too easy. If necessary, how would I go about increasing the difficulty appropriately?

Not to sound like a jerk, but if you really did READ the Hero's Handbook and the GM guide, all of your questions would be answered. The GM guide tells you pretty much word for word what to do for session.

I just got the beginner box and will be starting a group with my friends soon. Some people have played a couple of times but I'm totally new to it as is my wife. Maybe in the future we can join up?

Here's a little follow-up question then:

If we purchase the PDF version, do we get free access to download the latest printing of a book in the PDF format? I have already purchased the PDF of the core rulebook but when the 6th printing comes out, do I have to rely on the errata or will I be able to just redownload the 6th printing from my downloads?

The site does not say. I would call or email them to try to find out.

I have e-mailed them and the support agent said they were not able to determine what edition it is. I'm hoping someone recently purchased it from Amazon and could share the result.

Does anyone happen to know if the core rulebook that Amazon carries is the latest edition? I've got this fear that it's a previous edition and I'll have to use the PDF revisions. Thanks in advance!