Starting a new campaign, looking for a little advice

[ParityBit]

Hi All,

I have played/DM'ed all flavors of DnD (and other PPRPGs) in the past.

Recently a friend and I decided that we should start playing some RPG's again. I decided that I would start up a new campaign using Pathfinder instead of DnD 4.0. I must say I am very pleased with what I have read so far in the books.

I have never been one to use pre-designed settings because I enjoy making my own worlds so much. My question though is what books/pdf's/things would I need to have to do such a thing? The PDF's are the big question because they are not well categorized in the shop, and I have no idea on the companies/people who created them. Since this is a new system to me, I am not sure if any are useful at this point.

The books I have bought are

1) Pathfinder Core rulebook
2) Pathfinder Advanced Players Guide
3) Pathfinder Game Mastery Guide
4) Pathfinder Bestiary
5) DM Screen

The only suggested (strongly) PDF downloads was the Making Craft Work (PFRPG)

Does anyone have any other suggestions for supplements?

I am quite excited to be starting this up! Thank you for the suggestions!

[Black Steel]

Here's a link to all the companies that publish Pathfinder products (under the P heading):

Pathfinder products.

You already have all the rules you need to get started world building with PF. The GameMastery Guide is especially useful. As you choose specific things you want to add (for example perhaps construct like ironborn or more robust firearm rules) you can check out the various publishers and find rules you'd like to add to your world.

[Kthulhu]

Well, what you have gotten so far is pretty much all of the Pathfinder RPG. Everything else is associated with Paizo's campaign world, Golarion. However, there are still some things that are useful beyond the Golarion setting. Prime among these are the Adventurer's Armory (although much of this worked it's way into the APG), the ___ Revisited line, and the [Race] of Golarion line. ____ Revisited is mostly new takes on monsters...mostly flavor instead of cruch. But it's damn flavorful flavor. [Race] of Golarion is very similar, only for PC races instead of monsters. And finally, there is one non-Golarion specific product that you didn't mention...the Bonus Bestiary. Best part? It's FREE!

[Miranda]

You may want to grab a free copy of the 3e -> PF conversion guide if you or your players need a quick ref. to the changes in PF. Also very useful in running or adding 3e material. May need more monsters as Bestiary is lacking a number of 3e MM1 creatures (only one were creature for example).
You should already have more than enough to start writing up your campaign if you're starting from scratch.
This is good for a quick PF NPC generator

[ParityBit]

Thanks for all the great advice! I started getting my hands dirty with my campaign. Fun stuff!

[baron arem heshvaun]

This is a link to Hollow's Last Hope which is a fun little adventure great for new players or DMs getting their feet wet again. It can be a springboard to other adventures (and there are a few pre made adventures in the series as well as a Pathfinder Society Scenario that can link to it) and its FREE right here on the Paizo site.

There are a number of free pdf campaign guides and a couple of adventures which you can browse to help decide if you want to run an Adventure Path.

Enjoy.

[W E Ray]

And consider, just because you don't use a published world doesn't mean you can't look at a couple of published cities or nations for inspiration.

I had never thought of a nation like Cheliax but when I heard about it I had to use it for my own games -- of course, you change the parts you don't like or need and you can always rename it.

But Golarion ideas like Kaer Maga, Riddleport and Sargava are pretty damn cool "why didn't I think of that! concepts easily plundered for your own Homebrew.

Check out Pathfinder.Wikia.com and take a look at some stuff for inspiration.

[PFWiki Scribe]

W E Ray wrote:

Check out Pathfinder.Wikia.com and take a look at some stuff for inspiration.

Just as an FYI, the PathfinderWiki has moved. We're now at www.pathfinderwiki.com