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Morning sunlight spills over the rooftops of Phaendar, gilding the thatched eaves and warming the packed-dirt streets. The town hums with life, the quiet routines of daily work replaced by the vibrant energy of the Market Festival.

The scent of fresh-baked honeycakes and spiced cider drifts from a baker’s stall, mingling with the tang of smoked fish and the sharp bite of freshly cut lumber. Farmers from the Nesmian Plains barter over bleating goats, their voices rising above the steady murmur of the crowd. Prospectors from the Hollow Hills swap tales of hidden silver veins, while woodcutters from the Fangwood unload rough-hewn planks, their axes slung over broad shoulders.

Bright pennants snap in the breeze, strung between stalls overflowing with goods—dyed fabrics from Tamran, iron tools, glass trinkets that catch the morning light. A fiddler plucks out a merry tune near the square, where children weave between carts, chasing each other with shrieks of laughter.

For now, the world is simple; coin changing hands, stories shared over tankards, and the promise of an easy day ahead. It's a rare reprieve for the hardworking Nirmathi, for today they bask in the easy warmth of community and celebration. The air is light, the worries of tomorrow forgotten, and all is at peace amongst the bustle of the festival.

Welcome all! Before we begin, I'd like to pick your brains to hopefully answer some questions I have regarding the running of the game;

1. How would you prefer we handle battle maps? Outside of theater of the mind or a shared google drive map, I really have no idea how else to approach this.

2. Any tips for information to keep in your character descriptions? I've trawled through some games and seen people that include current HP, initiative, AC, etc. I like the visibility it provides at a glance, so it would be cool if we could standardize that.

3. Is everyone happy for me to pre-roll initiative, perception, insight, saving throws when they apply? I feel like that might save some time when it comes to combat, thought I don't want to take agency away from you guys if you'd prefer to roll.

4. Any other tips or tricks you can offer would be swell.

Looking forward to jamming this out with you guys!

This recruitment will be for 4-6 players to take on the first module in the Ironfang Invasion AP.

Hi all, I'm fairly new to posting on these boards. I tried my luck a few times over the years but unfortunately I couldn't reconcile with the time commitment. Things have slowed down for me personally though, and so I figure it's time to try and get among what seems to be a rad community here!

About me: I’ve been playing TTRPG games since 2003, starting off with D&D 3.5 and moving onto 4E until I discovered PF1e. I've since moved onto D&D 5E; though I don't have an issue with the system itself, I really miss the rich and diverse world of the Golarion setting. I've never tried PF2e (I'd love to), but I do miss some of the intricacies of 1st edition.

I've played through and GMed the first book of Rise of the Runelords a few times, finished the Kingmaker and WOTR CRPGs and played a few pathfinder homebrew games as well so I'm fairly comfortable with the setting. I'm hoping that by offering up a game as a GM here I can increase my posting history (and prove to be a consistent and reasonably well-written forum member), and hopefully make it into a game myself one day.

So, here it is. At this stage just an interest check to see if there's an appetite for it, but I'd like to run he first book of Ironfang Invasion, Trail of the Hunted. I'll include some information about character building crunch below, so potential applicants for the actual thread will have an idea of what I'm looking for.

Character creation:

Level 1
Roll for stats! I find it most fun to play this way, so I'd like to offer my players the same. Please don't roll here; we'll save it for the actual recruitment thread.
PHB races only. I know this might sound boring to some, but I like to keep it a little vanilla for immersion's sake.
Classes: Any PHB or APG classes are fine. I'm pretty open to anything here, I'd like to stick to regular versions instead of unchained though, as I'm not terribly familiar with those.
2 x traits of your choosing.
Check out the players guide for free here or on Archives of Nethys for a good take on the types of characters to suit the adventure.

If I can get 6-8 replies here, I'll open up a recruitment thread in the next week or so.

I've probably missed something, but that should be enough to get the creative juices going I'd think! Any questions feel free to raise them here so we can all get an answer. I expect the posting schedule will be every 24-48hrs at least, and I'm pretty open with communication when it comes to life getting in the way. I'm open to establishing a discord group for this as well, if that's something that the final group would be interested in (but I'd prefer to keep the gameplay itself here).

I'd love some experienced PBP veterans to come on board, especially as I'm likely to be a little rusty with the 1e ruleset. The biggest thing I'm asking for is patience, and a little faith.

Lastly, I am an Australian so expect my posts to come at weird hours.

Hit me with questions, queries or feedback! I know some will probably count me as a risk, seeing as how my posting history is so limited. This is a game of chance, we pour our hearts into our characters then stake their lives on the roll of a dice. So why not roll the dice with me?