Questions regarding Pathfinder resource materials at PaizoCon

[Curio]

I'm planning on going to Paizocon this year with my boyfriend and his nephew, and I wanted to ask a few questions. Do we need to *each* have a copy of the core books as well as any materials that we used to make our characters? Also, do each of us need to own our own copies (in the case of printed pdfs), or is it alright to print multiple copies from a source bought by one person?

[Mark Moreland]

You should have whatever materials on hand that you need to run your respective PCs. If you need to have two copies between you in order to ensure you have references for your PCs' abilities and ensure your GM can reference elements from any non-core sources, you should be fine. This really only applies to Pathfinder Society games, mind you, as open gaming or other scheduled games will have their own rules and expectations of what materials to bring. As for multiple copies of PDFs, I don't have a problem with that as long as they're legally-obtained digital copies and you're only sharing them among yourself, your significant other, and his family.

[Destruc-TOR]

So to clarify, if my husband and I are playing together in a Pathfinder Society game, as long as we have one core book between us, we're fine? And if both of our characters have aspects from the Advanced Players, and we have one copy between us, that'll also be fine?

Mark Moreland wrote:

You should have whatever materials on hand that you need to run your respective PCs. If you need to have two copies between you in order to ensure you have references for your PCs' abilities and ensure your GM can reference elements from any non-core sources, you should be fine. This really only applies to Pathfinder Society games, mind you, as open gaming or other scheduled games will have their own rules and expectations of what materials to bring. As for multiple copies of PDFs, I don't have a problem with that as long as they're legally-obtained digital copies and you're only sharing them among yourself, your significant other, and his family.

[Michael Brock]

Destruc-TOR wrote:

So to clarify, if my husband and I are playing together in a Pathfinder Society game, as long as we have one core book between us, we're fine? And if both of our characters have aspects from the Advanced Players, and we have one copy between us, that'll also be fine?

Yes

[Randilin]

Michael Brock wrote:

Destruc-TOR wrote:

So to clarify, if my husband and I are playing together in a Pathfinder Society game, as long as we have one core book between us, we're fine? And if both of our characters have aspects from the Advanced Players, and we have one copy between us, that'll also be fine?

Yes

Thanks Michael, this had come up at our PFS lodge and the answer doesn't get much clearer then that