PFS and VTT...What do I need to do / know to get started?

[Abyssian]

Like the title asks, what do I need to do to start playing PFS online? I live a little far (2+ hour drive) from most of the "nearby" PFS games and want to keep playing.

Thanks in advance.

[Perry Snow]

Abyssian wrote:

Like the title asks, what do I need to do to start playing PFS online? I live a little far (2+ hour drive) from most of the "nearby" PFS games and want to keep playing.

Thanks in advance.

This post might get you started:

http://paizo.com/forums/dmtz279n?Want-to-play-Pathfinder-Society-games-onli ne#0
That should get you to the Pathfinder Online Collective. They *should* state what a player needs.

You may need a scanner in case the GM asks for a copy of your character sheet and/or chronicles.

-Perry

[Thorkull]

Perry Snow wrote:

Abyssian wrote:

Like the title asks, what do I need to do to start playing PFS online? I live a little far (2+ hour drive) from most of the "nearby" PFS games and want to keep playing.

Thanks in advance.

This post might get you started:

http://paizo.com/forums/dmtz279n?Want-to-play-Pathfinder-Society-games-onli ne#0
That should get you to the Pathfinder Online Collective. They *should* state what a player needs.

You may need a scanner in case the GM asks for a copy of your character sheet and/or chronicles.

-Perry

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[Blackfoot]

You could also join this group.

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/fg2pfs/

They run regular PFS games using the Fantasy Grounds Virtual Tabletop.

[Michael Grancey]

There is also:

https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/pathfinder-society-onlin e-collective

But they aren't as well organized or coherent, as games can be hosted under one of 5 or 6 different programs, and they have no calendar.

Blackfoot and myself are part of the Yahoo Groups FGII PFS, which is specifically for Fantasy Grounds II (www.fantasygrounds.com), which you do need to buy a license for ($24 - Lite: play only; $40 - Full: GM and play), and there is a fair bit of community support for, so far there is complete spells, Advanced rules, basic familiars all done under the Community Use Policy. Demo's are available using using unlicensed versions with someone who went all out and has an Ultimate license (myself included; there is a list on the FGII site of people who will run demos; additionally July 20th - 22nd is first FGIIcon to demo FGII and various rulessets).

I don't know about other VTT's but personally speaking FGII is easy to pick up and use, with more elaborate work being capable of getting done if you get more into it.

[IronHelixx]

We have found Google+ Hangouts and the free http://www.roll20.net Virtual Table Top to work amazingly well - free way to run your PFS games. We use the Goggle+ events calendar and WarHorn.net for game sign up (all free). Couple that will Google Docs and you have a complete package. Works great for us.