PDQ is free. I also recommend PDQ Sharp which is also free. They do not cover how to do magic, although the system is so open ended, it would not be difficult to make up your own magic rules.
Questers of the Middle Realms does have magic and psionics, but is very lighthearted. It can be done with less tongue in cheek, but some may have difficulty getting past the humor. Jaws of the Six Serpents also has magic but without the humor.
All of these systems are nearly identical. If you want to try out the free stuff first and need some help with a magic system, just let me know. I would be happy to help a fellow GM.
Thanks, CourtFool. I downloaded the rules and will read through them in the next day or two. Depending on how many interruptions come from the kidlet. :)
Oh, and I read through your PBP. It looks really cool. It's a very entertaining read. :)
Oh, and I read through your PBP. It looks really cool. It's a very entertaining read. :)
CourtFool is a pretty nice guy, when he isn't being a simpering puppy that needs to be beaten and abused!
~grins~
It's a very entertaining read.
Thank you. I can not take all of the credit. Rook really helped keep it interesting.
Sadly, Rook was chased off that board by a troll.
CourtFool is a pretty nice guy, when he isn't being a simpering puppy that needs to be beaten and abused!
Tease!
You get upset when you think of a more witty remark to an earlier post!
Feel to ucky to sleep...paizo make me feel better! ;)Not that is dirty. I like it!
Now tell me...where did Paizo touch you?
Bad Puppy...no! no!
*waves a rolled up newspaper at trouble making poodle*
And then you post it anyways!
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My beginning GMing was much the same.
I have found over the years that no matter how much you prep and how well you think you know your players, they will go off the reservation.
Learn to improvise. Another thing to keep in mind, players have no idea what is going on in your devious little mind. If one of them gives you a great idea, "I sure hope these are not the king's men testing our loyalty" use it. The player will think they guessed some wild scheme of yours and you get a freebie.
My very first GMed adventure went off without a hitch.... unless you count me forgetting the monsters turn in EVERY battle a hitch!
(in my defense i was 12 and had 11 players)
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Warning: You can't join just one. While you're waiting for someone to post you get impatient and decide that you can get more play in if you join two.
or 12...
Looking through all of my Aliaseseses you will see that they are all PbP Characters. If I tried to post as a Jack/Poodle/Frog/Piece of 5 day old cheese I think my life would be sleep-Paizo-sleep-Paizo-sleep-Paizo- with maybe some time for family squeezed in there at some stage. Work? What the hell is that?
...you just spend an hour reading this whole thread up to this point and having a good time, instead of doing some work for your studies...
And thinking that it is quite sad that you will most probably never meet most of the folks here in person.
And considering joining a PbP just from reading this thread, despite the fact that free time is at an all-time low presently. (not to mention living in a different time zone...)
Stefan
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And thinking that it is quite sad that you will most probably never meet most of the folks here in person.
I agree wholeheartedly.
And considering joining a PbP just from reading this thread, despite the fact that free time is at an all-time low presently. (not to mention living in a different time zone...)
They are awesome. I just can't get enough.
Timezones make no difference. I am in Australia and look at how many I am in.
You look at Moorluck and Solnes' Avatars and think "A Drow and a Cute Little Blonde... now there's a recipe for fireworks!"
BTW, nice new Avvy Solnes! ;)
Thanks..It was the closest I could find to what my new hair style looks like...hair is just a bit more on the red side! It came out awesome!
LOL, Moorlucks' Avvy is HAWT!!!
And considering joining a PbP just from reading this thread, despite the fact that free time is at an all-time low presently. (not to mention living in a different time zone...)They are awesome. I just can't get enough.
Timezones make no difference. I am in Australia and look at how many I am in.
Arrgh... you make it even harder to resist them....
Well, at the moment it would be utter nonsense to participate, as I will be away days and weeks at a time in the next three months - perhaps in fall, especially if Patrick Curtins oWoD PbP gets started then.
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You smile and get excited when your 4 yr old daughter ask if she can play PATHFINDER when she get older!!!
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Your children recognize other posers avy's on sight.
Drow+Cute blonde= Huge fireworks by the way Flash! ;)
Why wait until she's older. My four yar o sits on my lap ad rolls the dice for my DMPC character. Oh, and you are crossing into Code TMI territory. Get a room yo two. ;-)
I had to buy 2 more Paizo Purple d20's because my 1 year old kept stealing mine. Every time he'd go near it all he would say was "dice, dice" until I gave it to him. He'd just sit there rolling it over and over.
That is so cute!
Warning: You can't join just one. While you're waiting for someone to post you get impatient and decide that you can get more play in if you join two.or 12...
Looking through all of my Aliaseseses you will see that they are all PbP Characters. If I tried to post as a Jack/Poodle/Frog/Piece of 5 day old cheese I think my life would be sleep-Paizo-sleep-Paizo-sleep-Paizo- with maybe some time for family squeezed in there at some stage. Work? What the hell is that?
Huh. Something about that schedule sounds familiar....;)
Your children recognize other posers avy's on sight.
Licks Moorluck's daughter's face.
Your children recognize other posers avy's on sight.Licks Moorluck's daughter's face.You just made her day! She told me that "CourtFool is funny!"
:)
Awwwwww!
(Get her checked for worms now)
She told me that "CourtFool is funny!"
Kid's got impeccable taste.
She told me that "CourtFool is funny!"Kid's got impeccable taste.
lol, Now she keeps asking if you are talking to her!
lol, Now she keeps asking if you are talking to her!
Maybe I should run a PbP for her. The Trolls in the Enchanted Forrest have been getting rather uppity and they need someone to lead the Unicorn Army to put them in the Trolls in their proper place.
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lol, Now she keeps asking if you are talking to her!Maybe I should run a PbP for her. The Trolls in the Enchanted Forrest have been getting rather uppity and they need someone to lead the Unicorn Army to put them in the Trolls in their proper place.
I would fear to put my child any place someone as demented as CourtFool drempt up.
I would fear to put my child any place someone as demented as CourtFool drempt up.
Not to mention I might run it in Hero.
lol, Now she keeps asking if you are talking to her!Maybe I should run a PbP for her. The Trolls in the Enchanted Forrest have been getting rather uppity and they need someone to lead the Unicorn Army to put them in the Trolls in their proper place.
She says she's up to the challenge, but wants to know when she gets to ride the unicorn!
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She says she's up to the challenge, but wants to know when she gets to ride the unicorn!lol, Now she keeps asking if you are talking to her!Maybe I should run a PbP for her. The Trolls in the Enchanted Forrest have been getting rather uppity and they need someone to lead the Unicorn Army to put them in the Trolls in their proper place.
You have to ask Sebastian about that.
You have to ask Sebastian about that.She says she's up to the challenge, but wants to know when she gets to ride the unicorn!lol, Now she keeps asking if you are talking to her!Maybe I should run a PbP for her. The Trolls in the Enchanted Forrest have been getting rather uppity and they need someone to lead the Unicorn Army to put them in the Trolls in their proper place.
LOL!!! Nice!
You know, according to the MSDS info, there is a Federally mandated maximum exposure to Paizo ponies and poodles.
Too much and she may grow a second, curmudgeonly, head...
She couldn't get any mouthier than she is now!!!
...you have to explain to your friends and family who Erik Mona is and why you are celebrating a day dedicated to him.Your spouse refers to the people here as 'YOUR Paizo friends'.
your spouse refers to the people here as HER Paizo friends!
your spouse refers to the people here as HER Paizo friends!
Your child refers to the people here as their Paizo friends.
When your child's teachers at school can't keep up with his questions, you ask David Fryer and your other Paizo friends for help.If the reason you do this is because you KNOW the Paizo posters are more knowledgable than any of the teachers could hope to be.
That´s to be expected: one teacher cannot possibly know as much as hundreds of people frequenting a messageboard.
Stefan
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When your child's teachers at school can't keep up with his questions, you ask David Fryer and your other Paizo friends for help.If the reason you do this is because you KNOW the Paizo posters are more knowledgable than any of the teachers could hope to be.That´s to be expected: one teacher cannot possibly know as much as hundreds of people frequenting a messageboard.
Stefan
Fair enough.
It still makes me a Paizo nerd though.
It still makes me a Paizo nerd though.
I won´t deny that, given your tag :-)
Stefan
That´s to be expected: one teacher cannot possibly know as much as hundreds of people frequenting a messageboard.
Or be quite as opinionated.
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When your child's teachers at school can't keep up with his questions, you ask David Fryer and your other Paizo friends for help.If the reason you do this is because you KNOW the Paizo posters are more knowledgable than any of the teachers could hope to be.That´s to be expected: one teacher cannot possibly know as much as hundreds of people frequenting a messageboard.
Stefan
Okay, let's revise: the messageboard's population collectively knows more and has better answers than the entire faculty put together, from day one to graduation from high school, and possibly on through college.
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When your child's teachers at school can't keep up with his questions, you ask David Fryer and your other Paizo friends for help.If the reason you do this is because you KNOW the Paizo posters are more knowledgable than any of the teachers could hope to be.That´s to be expected: one teacher cannot possibly know as much as hundreds of people frequenting a messageboard.
Stefan
Fair enough.
It still makes me a Paizo nerd though.
Don't listen to him, he's trying to confuse you!