| Dr. Johnny Fever |
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Greetings all,
While I really do enjoy the current content that is added (almost)daily to the Paizo blog, I do have one request: could you start showing examples of gameplay where the PCs are using rules from new systems that are being utilized in the APs?
This idea first crossed my mind with the kingdom building rules in Kingmaker. I thought of it again with the caravan rules from Jade Regent, and now it has risen again with the ship-to-ship combat rules for Skull and Shackles.
I'm envisioning an article detailing a game session where the GM is interacting with the PCs, asking them for their actions this round and telling them the results of those actions. In addition there would be editorial content explaining why certain numbers were added to certain checks, etc. These sorts of examples have three benefits, methinks:
1. Everyone, IMHO, learns better with a concrete example in front of them. Reading the rules is necessary, of course, but actually seeing them in use can really help to cement in a person's mind how they function.
2. It gives Paizo staff a chance to clear up any confusion, errata, or other corner cases that they've seen pop up in forum threads concerning the rules as written.
3. Unless the rules for a new system were published in a player's guide for the AP (like Skull and Shackles), the only person who might have had a chance to read them is the GM. Now he or she has the additional pressure of not only creating and prepping the adventures, he now also has to teach a new system to his players. Usually this happens because GMs don't want their players perusing an issue of an AP to read up on the new system, when it also has an adventure in it that the GM wants to take them on. An online example of the new system (maybe with key portions of the new system reprinted there) would help alleviate this probelm.
I'm definitely not against Paizo adding new systems to Pathfinder; I think it's necessary to keep growing the game and making it feel organic. But having some examples of their use in a blog would be sooooooo helpful, both to GMs and players.
And, finally, you know that we totally love it when you guys show gameplay examples with the iconics :)