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This March in Stamford, CT there are Pathfinder Society games being run at ConnCon.

Where can I meet players or GMs. I was interested in finding out if GMs were needed as I might be interested in volunteering. Also, ... I played with a player named "rudolf ______ something" and I was hoping he was GMing at a Con soon. If so, hopefully ConnCon. GMs that actually roleplay and bring the story to life are definitely a necessary ingredient to an interesting and fun roleplaying game. (lord knows that combat after combat, no matter how cleverly arranged in a scenario, won't get the PCs to talk in character! PFS needs good and IMAGINATIVE GMS AND players... yup, that means all you PCs out there: roleplay your character darn it!!)

Sincerely,
Keith

Pathfinder Society (D&D 3.77777777777777)
Pathfinder, no "clic"s ... just factions.

(this post has been purposely added to this messageboard because I want people to know about Anonycon... and I'm sure everyone is right now reading about the Bestiary...kinda like a public service announcement in the middle of your favorite TV show. Thanks for listening)

Thanks Anonycon! I had a great time in Stamford, CT this past weekend. One bad point at the convention was, sadly, the Pathfinder games I played. The Pathfinder scenarios I palyed at Anonycon just did not encourage roleplay. Judges didn't encourage players to roleplay AND players didn't encourage players to roleplay. Perhaps I just had games with players who did not care about character-to-character emotions, intrigue, conversation, and personality. The players themselves were very friendly though. I must applaude Anonycon for the NON-Pathfinder games: These "Anonycon Original" Scenarios that were written and judged by Anonycon Staff were far FAR superior to the Pathfinder Scenarios despite the excellent writing in the Pathfinder Modules. Anonycon Judges were excellent Roleplayers and Storytellers, intimately familiar with the adventures and world even when it was not there own game world. They filed in the blanks, improvised NPCs, made each combat not just tactical but as exciting as dramatic cinema, and got players to bust out of their shells and roleplay creatively with NPCs and PCs alike. Bravo Anonycon!!

I will be judging 2 rounds of PFS and hopefully playing 1 on Saturday at the con.

Historically this is a really good con the con staff and the hotel really go out of their way to accommodate the players,

This convention, though small, was run by friendly and helpful staff. (also, the hotel was excellent.. swanky with super swanky martini bar).

Thanks Anonycon! I had a great time in Stamford, CT this past weekend. One bad point at the convention was, sadly, the Pathfinder games I played. The Pathfinder scenarios I palyed at Anonycon just did not encourage roleplay. Judges didn't encourage players to roleplay AND players didn't encourage players to roleplay. Perhaps I just had games with players who did not care about character-to-character emotions, intrigue, conversation, and personality. The players themselves were very friendly though. I must applaude Anonycon for the NON-Pathfinder games: These "Anonycon Original" Scenarios that were written and judged by Anonycon Staff were far FAR superior to the Pathfinder Scenarios despite the excellent writing in the Pathfinder Modules. Anonycon Judges were excellent Roleplayers and Storytellers, intimately familiar with the adventures and world even when it was not there own game world. They filed in the blanks, improvised NPCs, made each combat not just tactical but as exciting as dramatic cinema, and got players to bust out of their shells and roleplay creatively with NPCs and PCs alike. Bravo Anonycon!! I'll be there next year definitely.

I wanna chime in here about the whole over powered character thing here.

For those players who want to max out their character's power by finding an edge, thats all find. I trust that Paizo will create a near balance, but as all games have quirks, there will always be a way to get a seemingly unbalanced "unfair" advantage.

I say, power to em, if thats the type of player they are. Pathfinder is a role-playing game last I checked. Not a ROLL playing game and if folks are so focused on finding an edge, thats fine because we all enjoy playing RPGs for different reasons. This way we all have fun, from power players to wacky actors flailing about and singing their bard spells aloud.

I'm playing Pathfinder and I wouldn't call it "competive." Its a roleplaying game with serious local faction flavor.

Name: M'khad Viijad (aka Merchant McPhee)
Race: dwarf

APPEARS: deformed (7 STR, 8 CON)
DEMEANOR: Merchant/Rationalist
QUOTE: "You know me, I'm a simple dwarf, a man of reason."

Gender: male
Class: rogue
Faction: Cheliax
Alignment: Lawful Neutral