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Nevermind I misread that part.
So the GMs running the event are expected to all buy the scenario individually unless someone prints copies out for all of them?
So how do you prove you own anything during any online games?
If someone uses information from 5 different hard cover books, are they expected to bring those books with them every time they play?
The "knowing how it works" reason is kinda moot with all the information free online. So it is just to bring in revenue then?
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It's a matter of fairness to Paizo (and the GM, to an extent).
If you're looking at a friend's book to see what's in it, Paizo gets nothing out of it, fair enough, libraries do that - but if you've gone so far as to start using some of its content in your games, you should really buy it and reward the guys who made that content for you. Online games work the same way.
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So is it expected of all the GMs at an event to own a copy of the scenario they are running? Unless one of them prints it off for them(which I am guessing they must get rid of it after)? Or is only a VC supposed to be able to share them like that?
1) Every GM running a scenario needs to have some sort of copy available to run the game as it should be run.
2) The GM can purchase their own copy, or be gifted a copy, of a scenario they will be running.
3) Anyone who owns the scenario themselves can print out a copy on paper to leand to someone who is going to be GMing it. Typically, you can lend it to them a few days in advance, so they can prep it.
After the game has been run, unless they are going to be running it again shortly, they have to return the printed copy to the person who actually owns the scenario.
Typically, the print & lend option is used by coordinators, organizers and VOs.
The gift option is frequently used by some VOs and organizers, along with Paizo themselves for their big cons.
Some of us GMs, especiallty if we somehow wind up as an organizer, wind up buying most of the scenarios ourselves.
I have a couple of scenarios that were gifted/given to me because I was going to be running them, I have some of the more recent scenarios waiting for my funds to open up enough to purchase, but, otherwise, I own all the scenarios from Season 0 through 5-23... Some of them are even printed out, usually ones I have or plan to run...
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Venture-Captain, California—San Francisco Bay Area South & West
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[Edit: This post is a response to the post two prior to this, not to Kinevon's post]
Actually, it's a bit looser than that.
Mike Brock has stated that a group of friends who regularly all play together at a table can share a single physical copy of a book.
Normally, you can only use a PDF resource (electronic or printed copy) if it has a watermark bearing your name. The exception is that family members can share a PDF resource, even if they are not at the same table (one can use the electronic copy, while another could use a printed copy).
VOs and event coordinators are allowed to lend (watermarked) physical copies of a scenario to a GM; we are absolutely not allowed to lend out electronic copies.
It is extremely uncommon to actually be asked to show proof that you own a copy of a resource you are using; in the three years I've been playing PFS I've never had to present evidence. Similarly, I've never asked a player to show me a copy of a book; I've asked a couple of times where a feat/trait/item comes from, or whether they actually have a copy of, say, The Adventurer's Armory or Ultimate Equipment (if they're using a spring-loaded wrist sheath); if they say they own the book, I'll take their word.
While this is true for general PFS play, I know that a couple of GMs around here will do a full character audit for every character when they run them through the Eyes of the Ten retirement arc.