Playing pf session after three days

[yuki_sc]

Hi.
How's going?
Thank you for your kindness comments!
It helped me a lot.

As I noted above, I will challange my first pf session(3lv) after 3 days.

I have already made some reference(which does not inflinge copyright) or something, also read gamemaster guide.

My session will be,

1) A villege was attacked by some goblins.
2) Party was asked to eradicate them and find ruins.
3) They go there and explore it.
4) Finally, they decimate a lot of goblins and fight with very very strong 1 goblin.
5) They will return to that villege and get XXX gp.

This will be my last post as I have to prepare my session.
So I would like to confirm the following 3 questions.

(1) How to run the game

Japan's most famous tabletop game, "Sword-world 2.0", runs as

a) Each player introduces his/her character each other.
b) GM declears that session starts.
c) Party was asked to do something(ex, go to ruins, eradicate dragons,etc)
d) They should investigate information so that they solve the problem.
e) They go to the enemy's dungeon.
f) GM declears "Climax phase".
g) Most offensive battle starts and ends.
h) Party wins and game now ends.

like this. I think that this flow can be used in the pf's session. Is this right?

In addition to this, in Japan, it is recommended that each GM take some 5-10 minutes breaks per 1 hour so that they go to toilet or smoke(but I don't smoke at all!). In pf session, Is it acceptable to take a break in the encounter(battle)?

(*) I think that pf's encounter(battle) is very long. It is said some battle(including D&D3.5) lasts 1 hours or more longer. In this case, some player may ask me to take a break.

(2) about paizo's gamemaster guide

This book says that GM may prepare or order some pizza or drink or snack so that each player doesn't have to prepare them. In Japan, this is not common! Each player should prepare his/her favorite drink or snack or so on(It is commonly said that It's mot good to eat/drink others). In pathfinder session, must I(as GM) have to prepare pizza or sushi or yakiniku?

(3) game balance question

As I found that Fighter's str was not so high, So I decided to include two(2) Bull's str portions in the chest (which should be obtained after 1st battle). Moreover, since this party has no cleric, I prepared 3 cure light wounds portion, too. Is It OK to do that(Prepareing some magic items in order to play game smoothly)?

Thanks a lot!
Yuki

[Tirq]

Dear Yuki,

To answer your questions in order,

1) Thats how most PF games go, but mostly the GM doesn't annuonce things like Climax Phase and what not.

Most battles don't last a long time, but if your PCs don't make a plan then battles last much longer than needed. I actually played one fight that lasted 1 1/2 hours because we didn't talk about what we would do in battle. I also played one that lasted 10 minutes because we followed the plan we made prior to said battle. Oddly enough, same session.

2 and 3) GM the way you want to, when you want to. If you feel the need to make you PCs a Sushi buffet then so be it. What we usually do is have a break around 5ish and get food from local food place. We even put our money together to get whatever food we want sometimes. Because the Fighter's STR was not high, you did the kindness of helping out the party to do more damage. 3 CLW Potions are nice as well.

Good luck,
Tirq