How would one begin? Register somewhere, send an application, etc etc?
Must have looked over the rules, coz I can't find it.
Rick, running a game online is like running a game in person. Are you familiar with the PFS Guide to Organized Play?
I have run many games in real life, but never in person. Belgium is not exactly a hot-spot for the Society.
I have read the PFS Guide, yes.
I am uncertain on one other thing: do I have to purchase the campaign modules myself? What if I have a(n online) friend who has them, or one of my players bought them, can *I* use them? Or do they have to be linked to my account?
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Technically you are to buy them yourself. There are of course the free First Step series and Free RPG day scenarios. I don't think Paizo cross references what you are running vs what you own. Plenty of people are running homebrew, ect.. Of course scenarios are only 3.99 and we want to support this awesome company. I personally buy a scenarios right after I play it. Now if one of your players own the material, I don't see how that could be a problem. Plenty of people play and don't own beforehand.
I don't think Paizo cross references what you are running vs what you own. Plenty of people are running homebrew, ect.. Of course scenarios are only 3.99 and we want to support this awesome company.
I most definitely support them, but that's more for the books that I actually own. Paizo does an awesome job, and although I find their later works less suited for my own campaign, I still love their ideas.
As for homebrew: That's an option? I thought you were restricted to PFS scenarios?
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As for homebrew: That's an option? I thought you were restricted to PFS scenarios?
If you're running a PFS game -- that is, a game where the players could bring in existing PFS characters, and gain PFS credit for their characters -- then, yes, you do have to use a PFS scenario (or adapted module). I think that Hawkwen was referring to the fact that people run "homebrew" Pathfinder adventures as PBPs, as well...they're just not run for PFS credit.
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By online do you mean Play-by-Post (PbP) or one of the engines? If you mean PbP then you can start recruiting in the Grand Lodge thread or the Campaign thread. If you are unfamiliar with PbP, I recommend not running a game until you have played a few. Here is one I am currently in. Beckett's current game. They can take a long time to finish.
The gaming engines works pretty much like your home tables (mustering players, setting a time, reporting the event. When you create an event and it asks for location, be sure to choose 'online'. (That is true for PbP also).
Awesome!
Will head over to the recruitment asap, can't wait to get started. The PBP I'm playing in are fun, but my GM hands are itching! :)
Does it have to be the latest season? Or can it be one from the first season aswel?
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Does it have to be the latest season? Or can it be one from the first season aswel?
You can run PFS adventures from any season, though be forewarned that nearly all of the Season 0 adventures are in the 3.5 rules, rather than the Pathfinder rules. I'd suspect that you may find more interested players with adventures from later seasons (since veteran players will be more likely to have played the older adventures), but that may or may not actually be the case.
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Ive been running a lot of these, so when I get home later ill poat you my experiences and some of the methods I use.
A current one Im running is at this link if you would like to take a look.
Im aso concidering trying to form a PbP PFS hub here to maybe qualify for some sort of convention-like status every once in a while for those that can not get to conventions, but thats something for later if you might be interested.
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You can run PFS adventures from any season, though be forewarned that nearly all of the Season 0 adventures are in the 3.5 rules, rather than the Pathfinder rules.Make that ALL Season 0 (#1-#28); it's season 0 BECAUSE they use 3.5; season 1 starts with the adventures written for PFRPG.
Just to be precise: Mists of Mwangi (season 0, scenario #5) has, in fact, been updated to the Pathfinder rule set. Which is why I said "nearly all". :-)
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Just to be precise: Mists of Mwangi (season 0, scenario #5) has, in fact, been updated to the Pathfinder rule set. Which is why I said "nearly all". :-)You can run PFS adventures from any season, though be forewarned that nearly all of the Season 0 adventures are in the 3.5 rules, rather than the Pathfinder rules.Make that ALL Season 0 (#1-#28); it's season 0 BECAUSE they use 3.5; season 1 starts with the adventures written for PFRPG.
Also remember that any of the Season 0 retired scenarios can be played, but not for PFS credit since they were retired.
Retired scenarios:
9: Eye of the Crocodile King
10: Blood at Dralkard Manor
11: The Third Riddle
12: Stay of Execution
15: The Asmodeus Mirage
18: The Trouble with Secrets
19: Skeleton Moon
21: The Eternal Obelisk
25: Hands of the Muted God