Starting Pathfinder Society Homegames

[rakur]

Our group has decided to start up Pathfinder Society, mainly as a fill-in until we can get the next Council of Thieves adventure path. I have already downloaded and sent out copies of the Pathfinder Society guide.

I guess I'm a little confused over the whole Season 0 and Season 1 thing. We will be using Pathfinder rules, but we don't mind converting adventures. Would you guys suggest starting with Season 0 or just skip right ahead to Season 1? Besides the obvious rule set differences, is there any other fundemental differences between the two seasons? I was reading that GMs don't get credit for Season 0 stuff and that the faction quests are only in season 1. Is that accurate?

Thanks for any advice concerning this topic.

[Mark Moreland]

I would suggest starting with the low level Season 1 scenarios and fill in with random season 1 scenarios as needed. There's no need to play them in order, and doing so will actually reduce a character's wealth progression due to lower possible prestige in season 0. If they're sprinkled in here and there it's no problem, but PCs may fall behind the curve unless they have the chance to get 1 PA at least half the time. I'd suggest running PFS$29, 30, 33, 5, and 35 to start.

[Joshua J. Frost]

Start with whatever tier-appropriate scenarios you think sound like something your players would enjoy and don't worry about the rest. If you want to jump right into the PRPG rules, go ahead and start with #29 and #30. If you don't mind converting, I'd say #4 is probably the best for a first-time group. You could also try running #5 and #35 back-to-back as a Blackros Museum story arc.

Those are my suggestions. :-)

[Joshua J. Frost]

I opened this window to reply about 45 minutes ago and didn't see Yoda's post. So, yeah, what he said. :-)

(And it's interesting that we had, basically, the same idea!)

[Farabor]

Whatever you chose to start with, I highly recommend the DM, after reading the scenario but before running it, go to the DM discussion forum and reading the thread on that mod. Especially #29. There's aspects of that one that as a DM you should carefully consider before your players sit down at the table.