Want to Play by Post! BUT I DONT WANT TO BE A NOOB

[Sazar the Orator]

Welcome!

I am *extremely* new to the whole D and D *Pathfinder* scene, but I absolutely love it. I've done a few 4 hour treks/ dungeons over Google Chat with a few friends and I want to nerd out completely with this stuff.

I *have* read the CRB and APG since those are free, and these are my questions

1) Where can I go to know as much as possible before I go into a Play by Post game? I'm a noob, and I do NOT like wasting people's online time with "Omfg is he serious?" questions :)

2) If I only "own" what is available on the basic pathfinder website, can I still play in pretty much any "quest" being done in Play by Post games, or do I *have* (emphasis on have) to buy a few things?

3) How do I join a PbP game? FAQ's or just some basic "For Noobs" sheets should satisfy this part for me.

Aside from that, make way, as Sazar the Orator loves being a mfin' BARD ;)

*thank you for any help given*

[Sazar the Orator]

*Mods, feel free to move me wherever needed if I created this thread in the wrong section of the subboards <3 *

[Nargemn]

Well I can't give you much help concerning Play by Post as I don't do it myself, but the Pathfinder_OGC has almost all of the information released for Pathfinder books that isn't tied specifically to Golarion. It's a great resource so you don't HAVE to spend a lot of money on books for a single feat or spell you like. Most GMs will probably allow it's use and will not require you to own the books in order to make use of their material - That's usually only a Pathfinder Society thing.

[Zavas]

First off, welcome!

Now as for your questions:

1.) d20pfsrd.com has the largest amount of information on Pathfinder. You can find pretty much anything published for Pathfinder on there.

2.) That depends. A lot of PbP GMs will have different house rules for their games, which they probably establish in the recruitment post. d20pfsrd will cover your needs here, too.

3.) This is the recruitment board. GMs post their campaign and you have to submit a character for it. These next few guides will do a better job explaining than I will:

DH's Guide to Play By Post gaming
Building a Better Doomed Hero: Painlord's Advanced Play-by-Post Play

Glad to have you here with us, I hope this helps. Reading around the messageboards, including other PbP campaigns will also help a great deal.

Good luck and have fun!

[Sazar the Orator]

Ah ok so there *is* a little bit more lee-way with Play by post then? Excellent.

Due to work and college and etc. I'll really only be interesting in playing the PbP format, which is why I'm making sure I actually do the dirty work of researching it before I hope into some random forum like "derp can I play?" Lolol

Thank you, I'll look into that link as well.

[Sazar the Orator]

Zavas thank you as well!

Aaaaah yes those posts look like they are exactly what I need. I think I'm going to be obnoxious and be a basic build bard, but we shall see <3

I will read a few of the PbP games currently in session as well to see how the GM's around here like to handle the flow!!! Good idea!