GM credit, character credit, replaying

[Hrafnkel]

I'm sure this question has been asked and answered many times, but I'm still not clear on the circumstances under which I can GM an organized play module (I'm going to call it "module," since "scenario," etc., all seem to be specialized terms. I just mean a canned adventure sold by Paizo to be played in organized play) and still play it with one of my characters.

Looking at the latest organized play guide, it looks to me like you can get credit twice for any adventure: once for GMing it, and then once for playing it. I'm assuming the order in which you do these two things doesn't especially matter. A final caveat that I do understand: you can't give credit for these two actions to the same character. They'd have to be different ones.

My specific situation is this: I GMed 3-21, Temple of Empyreal Enlightentment, several weeks ago for some friends. I'd never played it. I gave one of my characters a GM chronicle sheet for my having GMed it, which seems perfectly legal.

Now the same module, 3-21, is being offered at a local con in a couple of weeks and I'm wondering if I can play it with a different character and get credit (for that character, obviously, not the one I assigned the GM credit to).

My apologies if I'm being obtuse, but the guide is confusingly worded and I don't want to cheat, even if it's unintentional. On the other hand, if I can get credit for playing it with the new character, I'd like to.

[Kyshkumen]

Yes you can play an adventure for credit even if you have already run it as a GM. As you stated it does need to be a different character. There are a few things you can do as a courtesy to your GM and fellow players. First let the GM know you have prior knowledge of said adventure. Second try to play in a way that does not ruin the story for the other players. Other then that have fun with it.

[Hrafnkel]

Kyshkumen wrote:

Yes you can play an adventure for credit even if you have already run it as a GM. As you stated it does need to be a different character. There are a few things you can do as a courtesy to your GM and fellow players. First let the GM know you have prior knowledge of said adventure. Second try to play in a way that does not ruin the story for the other players. Other then that have fun with it.

Fantastic. Just to completely nail it down, though: what if you play a module, then GM it? Could you get a GM's cert for GMing it and then assign that to a character different from the one that you originally played it with?

I can't see a reason why the order you did it in would matter much, but I want to make sure I thoroughly understand the rules.

[Don Walker]

Hrafnkel wrote:

Kyshkumen wrote:

Yes you can play an adventure for credit even if you have already run it as a GM. As you stated it does need to be a different character. There are a few things you can do as a courtesy to your GM and fellow players. First let the GM know you have prior knowledge of said adventure. Second try to play in a way that does not ruin the story for the other players. Other then that have fun with it.

Fantastic. Just to completely nail it down, though: what if you play a module, then GM it? Could you get a GM's cert for GMing it and then assign that to a character different from the one that you originally played it with?

I can't see a reason why the order you did it in would matter much, but I want to make sure I thoroughly understand the rules.

Yes.

Please review the Guide to Pathfinder Society Organized Play version 4.3. It is all in there.

And for proper terminology ...

These are all Scenarios

These are all sanctioned Modules

This is an example of a sanctioned Adventure Path

This is a PFS Quest

All of these can be referred to as PFS adventures collectively.