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Hello Marcus, and welcome to the European team! Do you have plans to be at Essen Spiel this year? I'm coming there for a visit. I doubt I'll find a way to have an official presence there on such short notice, but I'm definitely going to go there as a visitor. If you want to meet up during or after the show, I'd be thrilled!
Hm, about that rule... If I create characters with people, using the books I have, I'm allowed to let them play even if they don't own the books, right? They just might run into trouble if they attend another person's game, bring their char, and the GM at the convention doesn't have the book? It's a system meant to ensure that GMs don't have to bring all legal books to be able to check whether a character is legal, and to make sure people actually have the spells/items they use at hand, so they can look them up, right?
On the same note, a couple coming to a PFS game surely don't need two copies of each book they use? The goal, I guess, is to make PFS as accessible as possible, not to restrict people from playing?
People keep mentioning wands. Wands are not "always available" items as per the Guide to Organized Play, so in order to buy these, the players need to first play a Scenario that has them on the Chronicle Sheet, right? Am I supposed to make sure such a Scenario is played on a regular basis to make this item available to players? Is there even a Scenario with a wand of IH? Oh, and another silly question: If a player finishes a scenario where the group found a certain weapon, can she buy two of them for dual-wielding, provided she has the gold? Can consumables be bought again and again as soon as you found them once?
Well, my thought was to play MotFF first, then follow that with the First Steps. But in that order, they'd be level 2 after the second First Steps adventure, and thus not legal for the final part of the series, correct? MotFF has a nice plot hook to get people into the Society and I've already run it twice for friends, so I'm rather confident with running that module. I also really like it!
Thanks for the helpful replies, everyone! Just to clarify: I'm not thinking about setting up a convention with multiple tables or something like that. I just wanna play Pathfinder, at the store, in a system that easily copes with different players showing up each time. Right now, it's daunting enough to get all the bureaucracy for a single table sorted, as well as dealing with time constraints, etc.
After reading this, I now think I'm going to allow up to six people to register for any one night, as that'll make the chances of not getting a legal table relatively small. I'll just have to learn to run six-player tables and still have fun. :) The advice on players being supposed to be somewhat self-sufficient (wands of CLW, Painlord links) was really helpful, thanks! 5 hours is quite a lot, though. That basically renders weeknight gaming impossible. You'd have to start at six if you wanted to finish at eleven, which isn't realistic with people having jobs. But starting at seven and finishing at midnight isn't better. I was kinda expecting the scenarios to be shorter. Bummer. One more question I came up with: Only level 1 characters may participate in a Tier 1 scenario, no exceptions, right? So if I run First Steps, which cannot be run at slow advancement, I can't also run Master of the Fallen Fortress for the same group of people, since they'd be level 2 (and thus not legal) for the final First-Steps-adventure?
Hey there! After years of running RPGs for private home campaigns and participating as a player at some conventions, I recently ran my first game with strangers at my FLGS.
I was thinking of starting out with a "Character Creation Workshop" where I'll help people make sure their Characters meet PFS regulations and assist new players in building something fun.
Now some questions:
b) I strongly prefer 4-player tables to 6-player ones. I know accepting 6 signups greatly reduces the chances of a) occurring, but still... Now, will I have lots of work with Season 4 scenarios, since they expect 6 players? What if I decide to run with 5 people? c) How many players do the First Steps scenarios assume I'll have? I can't for the life of me find any info on that. d) I'm not entirely sure I understood the rules on replaying a scenario correctly. Obviously, every player character only gets credit for a single scenario once. But can a player replay that scenario with a different character to gain credit? e) How does this whole thing even work? What if six sorcerers show up one day? What if no healer shows up? Do I have to worry about that or are these scenarios built to always work with any combination of classes? f) How much time should I expect all of it to take? Checking characters + playing the scenario + after-scenario-paperwork = ? g) Do I have to have a character to be able to report a session? h) Any other advice for new GMs, especially regarding Store-based PFS campaigns? Sorry for the amount of questions and thanks in advance!
Nochmal hallo! Die Runde am 6.9. ist jetzt wohl voll. Es haben sich sehr schnell einige Leute direkt beim Laden angemeldet. Wer mag, kann natürlich gerne trotzdem mal vorbei kommen und sich das ansehen/hoffen, dass jemand nicht auftaucht. Ansonsten werde ich sicher noch weitere Termine anbieten. GM Tigr --------------------------------------------------- Hi again! The table for the 6th of September is full now. Several people signed up directly with the store. You're still welcome to stop by and check the whole thing out/hope that a spot opens up, but I'm also quite sure I'll offer more demo games in the future. GM Tigr
Danke für die Tips, habe ich dort direkt auch gepostet! Thanks for the advice, I posted my message in those forums, too.
Hallo! Am 6. 9. um 19:00 Uhr werde ich im Mage Store in Düsseldorf eine Demo-Runde für Pathfinder anbieten. Gespielt wird mit dem Inhalt der (deutschen) Einsteiger-Box und den dazu verfügbaren Downloads. Je nach Andrang werden Kurz-Szenarien oder ein kleines Abenteuer gespielt. Ob ihr noch nie ein Rollenspiel gespielt habt oder Veteranen seid, die dieses System mal antesten möchten, alle sind herzlich willkommen! Sollte das auf reges Interesse stoßen, kann ich gern auch weitere Termine anbieten oder sogar mal einen regelmäßigen Pathfinder-Abend im Mage Store auf die Beine stellen. Bei Fragen aller Art einfach PM hier im Forum senden. GM Tigr PS: Da ich in der deutschen Forenlandschaft nicht so arg bewandert bin, freue ich mich über Hinweise, wo ich diese Runde noch bewerben könnte. :) --------------------------------------------------- Hello! On Thursday, 6th of September at 7 pm, I'm going to host a Pathfinder demo at the Mage Store in Düsseldorf. I'll be using the (German version of the) Beginner's Box along with the available downloads. Depending on how many people show up there'll be some short "Beginner's Box Bash" scenarios or a short adventure. Whether you've never played tabletop rpgs before or are a long-time veteran curious about the Pathfinder-system, all are welcome to give it a go! If there's solid interest in the whole thing, I'd be happy to offer more dates for demos or maybe even a regularily scheduled Pathfinder-night at the Mage Store. I'd also be happy to run games in English if there's any demand for that. We'll just have to see that we find enough people to play along. Bring your friends, ideally! ;) If there are any questions, just send me a PM here on the forums! GM Tigr PS: Since I'm not too active in German messageboards I'd be very grateful for any advice on where else to advertise my demos. :) |
