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Thanks for the tip Sheepish. The summary will become the note card contents. Easy enough for me.

At lunch I will be creating a new board on a free software that I have been using for work called Trello. In short, its a note card based system that will allow you to create groups and cards in that group that can be moved around. Also you can color code your cards. It's intended purpose is a project management system, but has many personal uses too. Most of my content is in PDF form sot it makes sense to use my laptop as my primary GM tool.

Going off of Sly's seed concept, I have came up with a seed as follows: "During the Swallowtail Festival, the seaside town of Sandpoint has fallen under attack of Goblins and the body of the late priest has gone missing." Although the PC's have not discovered the body has gone missing yet, they will friday from a panicked Father Zantus. Also, as a twist, the late priest "Ezakien Tobyn" wanted his name to remain unspoken upon death.

Good morning Fellow GM's.

I am very new to GMing. As of now, this Friday will be game number three for me and I am still trying to get a hold of prepping. I understand that the two first games that I have way over prepped "10+hrs", even though I was running Blackfangs Dungeon for the first game, and started ROTL on the second. After running the two first games, I am finding that my style is to have a framework and fill it in as it goes. Also, I am interested in using "The Lazy DM" method of game prep via index cards. What I am wondering is how do I take a pre-fabricated story and merge it with "The Lazy DM" method. Would I make Shop Keepers Daughter, The Boar Hunt, Trouble at the Rusty Dragon, etc into potential paths for the PC's to explore? How do you prep pre-fab games or do you keep the story as a shell and use the text as key points? lol, so many options.

Thanks in advance.

Good point on the SRD. I have d20PFSRD bookmarked, but I haven't look through Paizo's official one yet. I am also of the mindset that I don't mind spending a few bucks on the PDF to support Paizo, and if its useful at the table, buy a paper copy. Also, with me entertaining the thought of GMing PFS, I need watermarked PDF's or paper copies.

I do agree with your line of thinking using the online sources until a purchased copy is warranted. Thanks for the tip, my wallet thanks you too.

I do have a copy of Ultimate Campaign, the pdf version thanks to the humble bundle. I haven't had the chance to read through it yet.

Hello all. I have started a group this past Friday. It was a character building day for the new players and a general get to know each other. The 27th will be Black Fangs Dungeon. All at the table except for one is completely new to RPG. Myself, I have played with a weekly D&D 5e group the past month and a half. I started the hobby with the intent to GM. And maybe later in the future become a DM for PFS.

The current books I own are as follows; Core Rulebook,Advanced Players Guide, Bestiary 1, Game Master Guide, and Saturday I picked up the Strategy Guide as a table copy. I also have the contents of the latest humble bundle upto the 15 dollar tier. I also down the Beginner Box.

There are other books I have in mind such as the Inner Sea Guide and the Ultimate books. I know I do not need them at the moment, but will add as time goes on, "I like my options." Are there any other books you yourself have found useful?