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Hello all. I have recently been convinced by my brother to start playing "Pathfinder Roleplaying game" and we have had two ‘test’ games so far. Both were absolutely hilarious, so I plan to keep it up.
The first two sessions were ‘prequels’ to the main campaign. We used them to find out how the rules actually worked in practice and to find out each players game style. The next session (the 3rd) will be the start of the real campaign.
In the first two games we were woefully inept at understanding even the most basic of rules. I expect us to be comparatively much better this time around. I do understand how flanking works now but I am still a little shaky on attacks of opportunity for example. (Trust me that is a massive improvement) I have done some reading on my Class and have a basic understanding of how to play her. I am pretty sure that I am misreading or misapplying at least half of all the rules that deal directly with me and I cannot guess what my brother must try to learn since he is running it all.
The meat of this problem is that every player at the table, the GM and the five of us that make up the party, have very little to no experience with table top role playing games. My background is mostly in wargames (think 40k, Warmachine etc.) and board games (Settlers, Twilight Imperium, Avalon etc) so I am no stranger to gaming it’s just that this is a completely new system, style and experience for me. I have nothing similar to draw from.
Talking about the game with him between sessions he has told me that he is really enjoying GMing but that the mechanics and our ‘power gaming’ are beginning to overwhelm him. I really do not want this game to become a chore for him and I would like him to look forward to them as much as I do.
The question then is this, how can I, as a PC/player, help him, as a GM enjoy the game? or at least make it easier for him to GM when we play.
Any advice to help with this particular problem from those who have more experience (At the moment that means you) would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry if this subject has already been dealt with to death.
On another note to keep things easier at the moment we are only allowed access to the core rule book for classes/races etc.