Hello all!
I am looking to try to set up a SFS in my local gaming community, and I want to make sure I have everything right as rain before we go. I have been told that the best thing to do is to play a few society games before running them: unfortunately that is not an option as there are no Society games where I am currently, which is why I'm trying to get at least one started.
I'm new to the whole Paizo community, but have been DMing D&D for over a decade and a half now, so the actual content isn't an issue, so much as the extraneous stuff. I want to make sure I dot my is and cross my ts so that I don't potentially screw over my players.
For Society-specific product, I have gotten my SFS number and have the download for the two free PDFs, the Society Roleplaying Guide and the Quests into the Unknown. Am I good to start there, or do I need to officially register something with Paizo prior to the game? As far as scenarios, I will buy them as we approach them, so I'm starting with the free ones for now.
Is there anything my FLGS can/should do in terms of contacting Paizo for SFS product, or is that not a thing and it's more community-ran? (Hard copies of things, SFS gear/merch, etc. I'm not sure what it could be, but I also don't know what it wouldn't be.)
I saw in the guide that adventure paths could be sanctioned, and in the URL listed, I found the rules and chronicle sheets. Do the players themselves have to own the product for adventure path things, or does me as the GM owning it work for purely adventure path things? (I realize that they need to own things like the Armory to use the things in the Armory, etc., but many players I've found do not buy GM specific things unless they are running a game themselves.)
In reflection of the above question, what are the consequences if I knowingly (in a moment of weakness) or unknowingly (in a moment of stupidity) break the SFS rules and guidelines? Do my players get punished, or just me? What punishments are there?
And is there anything else that I'm just glaringly missing? Thank you for the time and responses to the questions; I know there are a lot, but I don't have anyone local and public that I can ask.
