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Game Master Divinitus

Looking for a PF1e voice game, with a time that fits Europe. I'm looking to play a wizard, and would not object at all to starting at a med-high level (but would not object to start at a low level either). I'd like either a long-term game or a game of only a few session, but preferably not a single-session game.

Hi everyone. New player here would love to join really any game not picky but preferably a long campaign or AP. Up for playing any class as I have tons of ideas for different characters.

Currently my brainchild idea is a muscle obsessd dork hungerseed tiefling brawler that I could pretty much slot into any campaign.

I live in Europe with a Gmt timezone and to describe myself in a few words would be. curious, excitable and teeny bit akward but with a good heart.

I look forward to playing with you!

Check out the Flaxseed lodge!

Recruitment and there is the possibility to ask for room in a level 1 game.

I'd love to get some more PF2 under my belt, whether a native AP, a 1e conversion, a homebrew, or none (or all, somehow!) of the above. I started playing Fall of Plaguestone last year but had to take a LOA for a while.

My wife, good friend and I are looking for a GM to play PF1. We're up for any of the adventure paths or even a homebrew. We're looking to play weekly Saturday or Sunday, and will consider pay for play. I have ~6 years of experience playing and GMing, wife has slightly less and friend has a year.

We've been looking on roll20 though it's slim pickings.

@Oliaran: Check out the Flaxseed lodge!

Recruitment and there is the possibility to ask for room in a level 1 game.

I am recruiting for a level 1 module Heroes for Highdelve but it is a Pathfinder Society Organized Play game.

Do you have experience with that?

I sent you a pm Oliaran, then I remembered the new site is terrible at letting you know you have one, so just letting you know.

Adding my Alchemist to the Kingmaker list

Looking to play PF2 after getting burned out on 5e after 4 years of play. Willing to play just about any role in a party. Would prefer an AP or Society play rather than a homemade campaign. Availability is limited to Friday nights from 6pm - 12am PST.

Looking for a Pathfinder 2e VTT via Foundry (preferred) or Roll20. My local gaming group of 5+ years is still straddling 1e (Rise of the Runelords book 3) and 2e (Abomination Vaults - Gm'd by me). All of the 2e materials have been GM'd by me so far, but I'd just like to play. I really want to jump in at high level for the new Fist of the Phoenix half AP from L11-L20.

Typically Available:

Sunday: Every other morning, every at night
Monday: Every other night post 6:00pm [EST]
Tuesday: Not Available
Wednesday: Every night post 6:00pm [EST]
Thursday: Every other night post 6:00pm [EST]
Friday: Every other night post 6:00pm [EST]
Saturday: Every other morning/night

The wife works as a nurse on nights with Friday/Saturday or Monday/Thursday off. So every other is typically the nights she is sleeping in before going to work.

I've got ~7 years of experience, between Pathfinder 1e and 2e (GM and player) and like a good mix of RP/Combat. I'm not up for GMing a campaign, but I don't mind GMing one off PFS scenarios or pre-written one-shots to give existing GMs a break.

A 'nice to have' but 'not a deal breaker' would be to play with the free variant archetype rule.

Hi, I'm 26 and male, I've been playing and DM'ing TTRPG's for about 3 years now on Roll20 & Foundry. I've really only had experience in 5e and Starfinder (A system I found frustrating to run) I enjoy DM'ing but I feel like I've lost my muse and I want to play some more TTRPG's.

System(s): PF2E (Open to other systems, prefer D20)

Interests: I enjoy both combat and RP, I would really like to join a game of PF2E as it looks like a really cool system. At some point I will want to DM in it but I want to try out being a play first to get a grasp of the system, I'd especially like to play in the Abomination Vaults campaign as it sounds pretty fun, I like the idea of dungeon crawls (I love video games like them)

Availability: Timezone GMT/UTC 0. I am available most of the week and possibly on the weekends, I am between jobs at the moment, looking for a job, so a game in the evening would be ideal for when I secure a job. I do play in a game on the weekend, sometimes the day can be Sat/Sun and will change at a short notice. I also play/rotate DM with another group of friends and we usually play on Thursday.

I wouldn't mind doing a pbp sort of thing. East way hopefully to learn around 2e.

Hello all! I'm 18 and male, I've been playing TTRPGs since 2018, but I've been playing text-based RPGs since 2013. I have spent the last few days trying to learn Pathfinder 2e, but no one I know is running a game in the near future and I learn best by doing. I have read the core rulebook I can use Pathbuilder to make a character fairly easily by now.

I prefer playing over VC on Discord, but other means are just as good as far as I've concerned, so long as I can find a group willing to help me learn the game! I'm on EST, usually online from 11 am to 8 pm.

Hi, 26yo male here, and new to TTRPG. Got introduced into TTRPG very recently and had a very nice first experience running PFS S06-01 using human cleric through discord. I am looking forward to play more, does not mind either through VC or pbp. My timing would probably be a concern for VC play during the week, since I am at GMT+8, but I am total up to a game during Sat/Sun.

pbp I will be able to commit to about 1-2 post daily and would prefer the pace to be faster during the weekends. Usual 1 post per day is fine too.

Looking forward for a game together soon!

-Name: MonsterZeroOne
-Age: 36
-Timezone: MST (Canada)
-Availability: Monday and Tuesday Day/Night, Morning/Afternoon Every Day, Other Weekday Nights a Possibility.
-System: Pathfinder 2E
-Platform: Prefer Foundry/Forge
-Experience: Multiple years of PF1E and PF2E
-Looking For: A full AP to go 1-20, PF2E or Of2E conversion
-Preferred Class: I generally like to play melee, specifically a paladin, but I’m flexible for group synergy.

I may have some friends who would be interested in playing as well, please slide into my DMs!

Age of Ashes (Books 4, 5, 6)

This character has played through the first half of this AP, and looking to see it through, in a PbP formet. Click on his Posts to see his style, personality, and gameplay. I will level him up immediately if entry to an ongoing campaign as a replacement PC is greenlit. Cheers!

I'd be very interested in a PBP AP. I'm really only interested in 2e (though I'd also love to play some classic adventures converted to 2e).

I have many years of experience and GM several games here on these boards. I have also written several class guides and conversions of adventures.

Hi all,

Would to play a Starfinder PBP AP! Happy to play any character/class etc as needed or happy to join a group.

Already Played/Playing (so a no-go):
- Dead Suns
- Threefold Conspiracy

Already GM'd/GMing (but would love to play):
- Against the Aeon Throne
- Dawn of Flame

Everything else I'd love to play as well!

Hi all,

I would love to play in a 2e PbP. Preferably PFS scenarios or possibly an AP.

I'm currently running Age of Ashes as a GM.

I'm a 44-year-old British man with ~33 years TTRPG experience of a large variety of games.

I live in the UK, so my time zone is GMT/BST and I'm able to post 1-2 times per day.

Probably looking to play an Oracle, Sorcerer or Barbarian.

If any has any suggestions or space, please let me know!

Greetings.

PC made for Wrath of the Righteous, but Hell's Rebels would fit as well.
I've been active with PBP since 2014, and am in west Europe time zone.

Hey everyone,

I am looking to find a group to play one of several APs with, for both PF2 and Starfinder via VTT. The VTTs I know and prefer are Foundry and Fantasy Grounds, with Roll20 being fine as well. Others might be cool, as long as you are willing to teach me how to use them. I would also prefer Discord for voice chat.

Those APs for PF2 include Ages of Edgewatch, Abomination Vaults, and Strength of Thousands when it available. For Starfinder, I am interested in Threefold Conspiracy, Live Free or Die, and Horizons of the Vast.

I am available on most weekdays from 5-10 PM Central time (GMT -6), and weekends from 10 AM - 10 PM for 4-5 hour sessions. Thanks for considering me.

Looking for 1 or 2 new players for our online tabletop gaming group. We use Discord and Fantasy Grounds, I have Ultimate so it's free for you.

We just got finished playing the entire Dragonlance campaign from ADND in fantasy grounds. I am currently going to be running PF2 Extinction Curse, the whole thing is pretty much guaranteed to be finished as we've been playing online regularly since 2014 and I have a solid core of 4 players.

Send me a DM and I can give further details.

Game is tuesdays on 5pm pst and we play for 3-4 hours. We have players in the east coast. We haven't started this campaign yet.

Looking to get into an Agents of Edgewatch campaign. Have an idea for a Draxie Investigator. I'd rather play in audio, but PBP is okay. My schedule is the biggest obstacle I'm facing. In (US) Central Time, I'm open between 7 AM to Noon most days, but on Tuesday night into Friday morning (and Thursday into Friday), I can make anything work.

Newbie here looking to try Agents of Edgewatch if possible. My guy for the game is a Fetchling Cleric. I'm fine with audio or PBP. My time zone is [US] Eastern Standard Time, and I'm available after 6 PM every day except Monday and Sunday. Thanks for considering me.

Same, Agents of Edgewatch sounds cool.

I’d also be interested in an Agents of Edgewatch campaign. PbP only. Lots of players looking for it actually, just need someone to GM it. Flexible on character.

I would also be open to Age of Ashes.

Adult male from Canada in my 40s. Play in several PbP and one live campaign currently. Only interested in 2E campaigns right now. Usually post once per day per campaign.

https://paizo.com/campaigns/v5748p75ivm05/recruiting#8

Agents for Edgewatch applications thread started.

There be a link to adventure

Here is the link proper. I am the one that will be running it. I am still new but GMed games 1e before and the old FASERIP system.

G'day! I'm a PF 1e lover of APs and am looking to expand into PbP. From Canada on EST and am open to audio or VTT games as well.

Basically looking for any AP (from start or to join a game as a replacement too). Am familiar with the rules and happy to fill any roll. Not used to these boards though so will have some newbie questions for how games work here.

There's a special place in my heart for each of the Runelord APs and any other I haven't tried. :)

Hello, I'm new to Starfinder and am looking for a group to play with. I live in West Coast, USA, California, PST. I can be available on the weekends. I am currently in a DnD game on Saturday I would have to be every other Saturday. Otherwise I can do weekly.

Officer Xyg, draxie investigator, awaiting a chance at joining the Agents of Edgewatch.

In (US) Central Time, I'm open between 7 AM to Noon most days, but on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning (and Thursday into Friday), I can make anything work. (Figured I should post with the actual character.)

Hello! My table is going into book 2 of Ruins of Azlant (1st edition Pathfinder). One of the six players dopped a while back and I would love to pick up another player. We currently have an arcanist, alchemist, occultist, ranger, and bard.

You will need to create a level 4 character with a gear value of 6,000 or lower. No one item can be worth over a third (2,000g) of your starting wealth. *Here* is the link to the Recruitment thread detailing the style of the campaign and character creation rules.

For character backstory (since you're jumping in at the start of book 2) you're a colonist working in Talmandor's Bounty who arrived by The Peregrine with everyone else. They've been the colony's troubleshooters since you all landed. Perhaps your skills were noticed later by Ramona (the colony's leader), or you changed your mind after seeing all the interesting things they've found, etc. Up to you to decide :)

As a disclaimer, we are only doing the first three books (level 1-10). I am a newbie GM so this is my trial run table.

I would like someone who tries to post at least once a day.

Please private message me if you are interested.

Hello everyone!

Longtime Pathfinder player, but recently resorting to PbP as Real life role-playing is a bit scarce at the moment.

I've done PbP years ago but in free-flow forums, so i'm not a stranger to it, but will have to workout very quickly how to play here real quick :)

I have a number of prepared characters, can be as low and as high as needed, though I'd prefer to start low level. I have a lot of character concepts in my head, so I'd be glad to create something to fit a group.

Thanks!

Hello! I've been playing Pathfinder IRL for a little over 4 years now and I'm looking to expand into PbP. I'm new to using the boards here, but I can learn quick.

I'm mainly a PF1e player, but I'd be willing to join a PF2e campaign if that's what you're willing to run and I have a number of character concepts in my head that I've been waiting to use, so I should be able to create something that should fill a need for whatever party I'm in.

So looking as GM for 4th party memeber for two groups. Both are sunday 1-5 pm EST but they are alternating weeks.

Agents of edgewatch (lvl 8 already)

Abomination vaults (lvl 4 already)

both are free archtype and paragon ancestry. No evil.

We are looking for tanky melee in Agents and really something ranged in vaults.

Hi I'm new to the boards and looking for a campaign to join :]

What's the best way to join games?

Browse the recruitment subforum (unfocused mode), and if you find a game you like follow the GM's character / submission requirements and submit / answer the GM's questions.

Link to thread to help you get started.

Hi I'm new to the boards and looking for a campaign to join :]

What's the best way to join games?

Check out the Flaxseed lodge!

Recruitment and there is the possibility to ask for room in a level 1 game.

You should join Pathfinder Society Organized Play game.

Do you have experience with that?

Nowruz says "should," but honestly society play is very standardized, in fact standardized experience is one of the goals of the society. That's great if you love that style, but if you want something deeper, or are a creative player that is always trying to do stuff that makes sense but isn't always clearly defined in the mechanics, then you'll want to skip out on it.

Frankly I don't play society games much precisely because of the lack of flexibility for creative play and very railroaded narratives.

It also tends to attract a lot of newer GMs who don't really know what they're doing yet, so you'll need patience with them.

Society play really allows for a fun experience and also with great character development if you play with a group for a longer time. ;-D

society play is very standardized, in fact standardized experience is one of the goals of the society. That's great if you love that style, but if you want something deeper, or are a creative player that is always trying to do stuff that makes sense but isn't always clearly defined in the mechanics, then you'll want to skip out on it.

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It also tends to attract a lot of newer GMs who don't really know what they're doing yet, so you'll need patience with them.

This is all true to some extent, but really misleading.

There's an incredible imbalance between GMs and players - there's this 1,000+ post thread for players looking for games because GMs are in really short supply. Every recruitment post routinely gets 5x the number of applicants that are accepted.

Society play does limit creativity, and put additional restrictions on character creation. But it also incentivizes GMs by giving them credit, and because the games are standardized, the credit can then be used at any other game that abides by Society play. You can move to a new town and have your characters recognized; you can play by post one month with people from another country, then F2F at the local store, then by VTT with a completely different group, and have full confidence they all use the same rules.

Society is not for everyone, but let's be frank - if you're a new player who refuses to play any Society games, you're in for a really long wait. The deeply experienced GMs will recruit once every few years, and likely go to their established friend network to fill vacancies before opening it up to unknowns in the new player pool. Collectively, there are only a handful of recruitments every year here.

Watery soup is right on the GM to player ratio.

But the other problem is also GM burn out, which leads to some GMs needing time to recover, and recovery time will be longer then a year.

While Watery Soup and other have pointed out PFS is standardized, not everyone is playing the same way, my PFS experience was horrible, as I was dealing with Min-Maxing power players using the most obscure things for OP builds, with less player co-operation, and they could not stand not having access to those OP options when I offered to run KM at the local shop.

Something that will help you land a Game, is if you RUN a game.
I am speaking from experience, as on these boards as I could not get into a single game until after I ran my first game using the Hollow's Last Hope module.

There are an astounding number of varied and interesting legal PFS builds. All 39 classes are legal, along with most of their archetypes, most feats, and quite a few races. If you are newer to the game, it is pretty unlikely that the creative build you want to try will be illegal.

I love PFS, but I also love to play in games outside of PFS. I recommend playing PFS *and* trying to get into another game or two outside of PFS.

The imbalance between players and GMs is a problem that is not solved by society play. Such an imbalance is also why there are so many lackluster GMs, because you get just anyone who wants to be a GM gets to run all the games they want without learning how to do it well because many players will put up with it just to have a game at all. However new players can easily find the experience bad enough to just not come back.

And credit? Same rules? Recognized characters? Gimmicks. Nice to be sure but hardly compelling.

Honestly, standardized is bad. You wouldn't want all movies to be standardized would you? Standardization is good for purely mechanical play, such as minitures combat games or chess, but a "game" about narrative agency, immersion in a fiction, and storytelling are things that become highly limited by standardization. I mean, if it's your thing, and maybe sometimes you just want that familiarity, but if you had to choose to exclusively play standard or never play standard, then standard is a bad choice.

And the biggest problem with it is that if a new player becomes an experienced player only by playing a standardized game, then they lose the ability to pick up and enjoy styles contrary to that standard. It basically conditions the new to enjoy the standard and be resistant to non-standard play. That's my biggest concern about sending new players to pfs or adventures league.

Here's an AP looking for a single gamer - if you're interested.

anyone who wants to be a GM gets to run all the games they want without learning how to do it well because many players will put up with it just to have a game at all

I think you've very inadvertently hit the nail on the head. I'd frame it a little more positively, but this quoted sentence is very true - there are fewer barriers to GMing for PFS, but it means there are many inexperienced GMs (I'd argue this is a good thing - it means the GM pool is growing); and players often have to choose an imperfect game ... or no game at all.

With VTT options having opened up over the past year, I do think there are way more options for new players who want to eschew Society play in 2021 than 2019. There's also a cottage industry of pay-for-play GMs, if you think extra money will ensure quality. I'm not involved with the VTT world as much so I don't know much beyond that.

But on the flip side, there are literally 150 PFS1/PFS2/SFS games starting on September 6 (online convention). Even if you think 90% of the games are trash, there are 15 good games available.

I can see Interesting Character's argument as a reason for playing in some APs and Modules. I don't see the argument for never playing PFS at all. Just do both if you can. If you can't get into an AP or module game, at least you can get into a society game. I simply don't see how playing PFS is worse than playing nothing.

I can see Interesting Character's argument as a reason for playing in some APs and Modules. I don't see the argument for never playing PFS at all. Just do both if you can. If you can't get into an AP or module game, at least you can get into a society game. I simply don't see how playing PFS is worse than playing nothing.

I can kind of see the argument that it's not a good way to get introduced to gaming, since it's kind of a limited subset of the possibilities of the hobby.

OTOH, I've been in some home games that would have been horrible introductions too.

I believe that the risk of having a bad GM is actually much lower in PFS because the GM has to stick to rules and cannot just play god-all-mighty despot which imho is usally the reason that a game is not fun.

The scenarios are usually good and balanced which helps junior GMs as well.

The only thing that I really hate is that I sometimes sit at tables where the GM or a player give me the feeling that they are not playing the game because they want to experience the story and roleplay but to just get a chronicle sheet. :-/