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I guess I don't understand Pathfinder society. I thought it was supposed to be the equivalent of RPGA?
Also, why charge for scenarios? One of the biggest ways of attracting people to D&D (at least in the area where I live) were RPGA gamedays. Lots of players would come to play and if they didn't have a PHB it would interest them to purchase one. I was expecting Pathfinder Society to be freeplay where GM's who pass a test can just download scenarios.
Are there any GM/Player rewards?
Thanks.
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I guess I don't understand Pathfinder society. I thought it was supposed to be the equivalent of RPGA?
Also, why charge for scenarios? One of the biggest ways of attracting people to D&D (at least in the area where I live) were RPGA gamedays. Lots of players would come to play and if they didn't have a PHB it would interest them to purchase one. I was expecting Pathfinder Society to be freeplay where GM's who pass a test can just download scenarios.
Are there any GM/Player rewards?
Thanks.
As far as I know, The scenarios are free if you run them at a Convention...I know when I did, they were free.
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The scenario's that HoustonDerek and I ran at OwlCon were not free. We had to pay for them. I have since purchased the balance of the available scenarios up through #14 and will keep up with the current ones. We are starting to sponsor Game Days at a FLGS in March. I agree that it makes good business sense to charge for the scenarios. After all the writers have to be paid for their work.
Just my 2 cp.
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The reason RPGA was 'free' was because WotC paid about 3 people to run the entire thing. Everyone else volunteered, and pretty much got gypped for it.
I game with a former Triad member and he had it pretty bad. He couldn't play a single regional or metaregional from his region, meaning that he had a minimum 100 mile drive to the nearest game (aside from the cores).
So I can fully see reason to charge for these mods.
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Thanks for the answers. Are there any player or GM rewards for playing? I'm thinking of purchasing some scenarios and running games online.
There are currently no outside of game rewards for players.. in the game, the more prestige points you gain, the better gear you can flat out buy..
this may change after GenCon
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Thanks for the answers. Are there any player or GM rewards for playing? I'm thinking of purchasing some scenarios and running games online.
Players get in-game rewards for their successes through the faction prestige system. Josh has said that GM rewards are in the works, but when they will be officially announced/implemented isn't clear. As for playing online, this is currently not supported within the official PFS, because there's no way to get the signed Chronicles to the players. But It has also been stated that Josh is working with a software developer to implement online play at some point as well, though, again, there's no definite date when this will happen and it might not happen at all. You can run the games online as is, but they wouldn't be legal within the current rules of the Society.
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Thanks for the answers. Are there any player or GM rewards for playing? I'm thinking of purchasing some scenarios and running games online.Players get in-game rewards for their successes through the faction prestige system. Josh has said that GM rewards are in the works, but when they will be officially announced/implemented isn't clear. As for playing online, this is currently not supported within the official PFS, because there's no way to get the signed Chronicles to the players. But It has also been stated that Josh is working with a software developer to implement online play at some point as well, though, again, there's no definite date when this will happen and it might not happen at all. You can run the games online as is, but they wouldn't be legal within the current rules of the Society.
I was thinking of using Maptools. As for the signed Chronicles...I guess digital signatures don't count :)?
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Plissken, any of the means of signing Chronicles that you mentioned are appropriate. I can't imagine why anyone would care if the signature was original or digital. The point of this campaign is to have fun and not to get bogged down in rules.
The Season 0 scenarios will not be retired when Season One begins, but it will be up to the GMs to convert them to the Pathfinder RPG system if they are used after the new rules set is in effect. So the answer to your question is yes, after Season One begins anyone eligible can go back and play the Seasaon 0 scenarios.
Wow, thanks everyone for answering questions. You did marvelously. :-)
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Well, that's all the questions I had. Thank you everyone for your help. I look forward to starting some games. I already purchased Silent Tide.
A couple of really basic questions on character creation.
If you create a character today, it's based entirely on the d20 SRD and the Pathfinder Society guide, correct? The beta Pathfinder rules are not allowed yet.
There will be a conversion to the Pathfinder rules in August 2009.
Looking forward to playing my first pathfinder scenario at ConnCon!
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Well, that's all the questions I had. Thank you everyone for your help. I look forward to starting some games. I already purchased Silent Tide.A couple of really basic questions on character creation.
If you create a character today, it's based entirely on the d20 SRD and the Pathfinder Society guide, correct? The beta Pathfinder rules are not allowed yet.
There will be a conversion to the Pathfinder rules in August 2009.
Looking forward to playing my first pathfinder scenario at ConnCon!
Actually it's based on the first and third 'core' books (PHB and DMG respectively) and the Pathfinder Society organized play rules.
And yes, conversion to pathfinder rules happens in August.