| Kip Edwards |
I would like to start by saying I am not new to tabletop RPGs. Most of my experience is with Dungeons and Dragons....started playing when 2nd edition was new and then went on to 3, 3.5 and so on. My main gaming group plays homebrew 3.5 D&D, I have went to a near by game shop and got in on a game of pathfinder that is supposed to be for people learning to play Pathfinder.
I was given a character to run by the GM, my issues are the following:
I was jumped in as a 9th Lvl halforc fighter. The character has many magical items, and the numbers and so forth seem way higher then what I'm used to...I feel like maybe it's a combination of a Power mad GM and campaign... Also the fact that my normal group likes the struggle of playing as lower level characters.
This may seem like a dumb question but How do I get a good understanding of the rules when my first Pathfinder game is so far out there? I should add I have the core rule book but cannot find the items or explanation of the abilities my character has.
Example, My fighter has a +3 great sword...three attacks with bonuses to hit as follows +26/+23/+18 And the damage is 3d6+1d6+31
The +1d6 (in the damage) is for bane evil when fighting evil creatures
My character has 26 strength and some kind of ring giving him speed
I did ok with the combat and got a few questions answered about the character sheet, things that were different from 3.5... I stumbled when the battle ended and roleplaying started... Being asked questions like where are you headed? (I have no idea and didn't know even where we were in the "world")
Basically I'm trying to catch up and be able to play more fluently so any advice would be great. I hope all of this makes sense... a new challenge I have is I'm trying to learn a new system while dealing with cognitive fog from Multiple sclerosis. It always took me awhile to wrap my brain around the rules and differences between edtions anyway.
So what should I do to be a better player and have a better understanding of pathfinder?