| Heryllion |
Okay, so I got the family the Beginner Box. Now what?
Only kidding -- it was actually a really well-written and easy-to-follow instruction book once I went step-by-step through the character-sheet process. Not as overwhelming as I thought it would be.
But maybe you can help me out with a couple of questions (and I'm sure I'll add more as I go...)
1) The first time we played, we just used the characters as suggested in the book (rolling for the power numbers, but other than that just took the items as suggested). My question about items is: we were given three weapons and there are two weapon boxes on the form. SO: am I correct to assume that if we wanted we could choose any two weapons and switch them out as a free action if necessary? Seems like a lot of erasing :)
2) It's not as difficult as I thought it would be to jump right in (yay, because I like that!) But now I'm realizing that there is only one story in the GameMaster booklet. Now I get that people can get really into setting up their own stories for players -- and I could see myself being good at that -- but really, I'd rather use someone else's stories until we decide that we really love the game and want to invest more time and money into it. SO: are there any good resources for easy, beginner-level games that only take an hour or two? Free downloads would be ideal. I saw the Pathfinder Society links and assume that's what those books are, but would love to know if there are free stories out there. AND if the story could be set up for beginners (for example, in the Beginner-Box story, I'm pretty much told step-by-step what to do with pictures and stats of creatures -- everything right there so I know what to do for battles). If not free, then really cheap :)
3) THEN after I'm into it, are there certain books I should look for in game stores that can lead me -- as GM -- through a whole story? What do you recommend?
4) Any other advice aside from trying to find a local group? (I think there are a few, but I don't want to walk in as a TOTAL noob; LOL!)
Thank you so much, folks! :)