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Their descriptions say the are for beginner, but its unclear which rules they need. They say they use 'basic' rules. Beginner box uses 'simple' and 'general' rules. This versus the 'core' rules of Pathfinder.

Are these truly for the beginner box, or for beginners using the core rules?


This is a follow up post of feedback and venting.

I am an inexperienced father trying to help his teenage son start in RPG, and have lots of frustration helping him because nothing is clear. And for an environment that requires clear communication and understandable rules, neither of us are very comfortable with how to proceed with this game.

We purchased the Beginner's Box and had a experienced GM lead the scenario. So was a great start and my son and his friends are now interested in doing more. But they are now on their own to continue, and resources on the web site are very disjointed and hodgepodge.

First was difficult to find what scenarios they could do next, and had to use this forum to find help.

Now on the plate to do next is the Bash Demos. But they are just demos.

Next is the Beginner Box GM kit which has a scenario. But added to frustration, since the title (GM kit) doesn't sound like it would be the next scenario at all, and confusing why it even exists since the Beginner Box already has beginner GM rules.

After that, there aren't any Paizo scenarios using the Beginner rules. That concerns us in continuity. My son is going to try to be the GM for his friends, and having played only once as character, he needs lots of support. And a scenario by a third party sounds risky to an inexperienced newbie.

Here is what we ran into trying to find Beginner Box scenarios. First to had to figure out the differences between Adventure Path, Modules and Scenarios. Meanwhile missing 'Adventure Finder' because of the confusing earlier terms. Much later finding 'Adventure Finder' we found 'For Beginners'. But in there, just more confusion. There are scenarios, but they aren't clear if they just use the Beginner Box rules. Some say they use the 'Basic' rules (is that the 'Core' rules?). Number of players is not clear. And starting levels aren't mentioned until halfway down in the descriptions.

We looked under the '1st Level' section, and researched 'Rise of the Runelords', since it was an early path. But son pointed out that more books are required for it, let alone needing the 'Core' rulebook.

Also, is confusing to what the difference between 'Beginner Box Play Pack', 'Pathfinder Society Character Creation Guide', and ''Character Sheets' are.

We just wanted a scenario to move onto.


Aaron Bitman wrote:

Here are direct links:

Beginner Box GM kit

Beginner Box Bash Demos

Plus, if you're willing to spend some money, there are the Basic Paths by 0one Games.

Thanks for the links, they are exactly what we were looking for. How would we have found these ourselves?


Where are the adventures for the Beginners Box?

The "Game Master's Guide” says there is a free adventure to download at paizo/beginnerbox, but we couldn't find it.

The GM guide mentions getting published adventures, but for the level of your characters. Yet while the Beginner's web page has 13 things available, none are adventures.