Hi everyone!
I got my Beginners Box yesterday and read most of the stuff in the Heroes Guide and the GM Guide as I am planning to GM. I have been searching an easy intruction set for a long time and I'm so glad I found Pathfinder!
I convinced a few friends to try it, and i'm looking forward to play Black Fangs Dungeon on saturday :D
My friends and I have never played a RPG, as it's not that common here in switzerland. Although its a beginners set it was still difficult to read all the handbooks, as a lot of questions popped up during reading. I want to be a good prepared GM and it would be great if experienced players could help me answering my questions:
1. Free Exploring: As far as I understand, players only take turns (Free Action, Moving A., Standard A.) only during Combat. How do I know the locations of players if they are not in combat? They can do whatever they want right? Or what am I supposed to do if they decide to return to town while midst in dungeon? Do they find things like before they left or does the dungeon "reset"?
2. Time: How do I keep track of time? Some of the spells have durations like 10 min. or like the glowing Well which resets after a few hours? What am I supposed to do with this kind of Information?
3. Can the players lose the game? Or aren't they supposed to ever lose? I've understood what happens if a players hp drops to 0 or below, but what happens if all PC get killed? They don't have the option of fleeing from a battle, do they? Is a dead character left behind and the other PC continue without him if they don't know any resurrection options?
4. Experience: For Example the Room with the well. How much Exp is given if they only discover parts of the well e.g. Drinking from the well without putting in a coin first? Is it either you get full EXP or 0?
Thanks for your help!
