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I bought the Beginner Box for my daughters and they loved it. Hopefully, by creating a free reference website (following in the footsteps of d20srd.org and d20pfsrd.com), I can help promote the Pathfinder game we all love to new gamers young and old everywhere.
A big "THANKS!" to Paizo for their Community Use Policy and taking the time to develop an easier version of Pathfinder targeted to the next generation of gamers!
Check it out at www.pfbeginner.com
To be clear, this website is not created, controlled or endorsed by Paizo Publishing LLC, though obviously Paizo deserves a lot of credit!
Way to go! The site looks great so far.
Will you add the EdoWar's stuff? Other fan creations? (Like character sheets, etc.)
You link to the PRD and pfsrd for 5+ level, I would also include a notice about the PF Core Rulebook at least.
Way to go! The site looks great so far.
Will you add the EdoWar's stuff? Other fan creations? (Like character sheets, etc.)
You link to the PRD and pfsrd for 5+ level, I would also include a notice about the PF Core Rulebook at least.
Thanks for the feedback and ideas. I will definitely include links to all the other great fan material that's out there, assuming I can get permission.
The site looks great!
If you haven't already done so (I didn't see it at a glance), you might want to add a page pretty early on the site for the errata, extras, and so on that are available - I think most of these documents are free on either Paizo's Beginner Box page, and a lot of the known/suspected errata are also compiled in one of the Discussion Forum threads:
http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/products/beginnerbox
http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2n236?Beginner-Box-erratacorrectionsquestions
EDIT TO ADD: And, +1 on mentioning the core rulebook as a next step; it keeps Paizo in business of producing more great content, and the book is simply a fantastic and convenient resource to have, besides.
Keep up the great work! :)
The site looks great!
If you haven't already done so (I didn't see it at a glance), you might want to add a page pretty early on the site for the errata, extras, and so on that are available - I think most of these documents are free on either Paizo's Beginner Box page, and a lot of the known/suspected errata are also compiled in one of the Discussion Forum threads:
http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/products/beginnerbox
http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2n236?Beginner-Box-erratacorrectionsquestionsEDIT TO ADD: And, +1 on mentioning the core rulebook as a next step; it keeps Paizo in business of producing more great content, and the book is simply a fantastic and convenient resource to have, besides.
Keep up the great work! :)
Will do!
It's a great looking site, easy to use and really well done. :)
I'm not sure on the legalities of copy-pasting large sections of text (although the license means you can use the information, doesnt copyright mean you can't just repeat the words verbatim? Or is that only if you're selling the work?)
One thing I'd remove is the page references (I noticed it in the glossary of terms, not sure if it's elsewhere). I know the PF Compatibility License specifically prohibits page references in case the information becomes out-of-date through reprints and so forth. Although that prohibition doesnt seem to be included in the community use policy, the logic makes sense to me.
@Steve Geddes: While I am not a lawyer and not even an expert, I have some experience with the OGL and Community Use Policy. Of course, I will respect and respond to any requests that Paizo makes if they have a different opinion on the subject.
Regarding the page references, I did remove the majority of them, but I know (as you pointed out) that some still need to be removed.
I'm sure once I get more people looking over the site and making suggestions like yours, the quality will only get better. Thank you for taking the time to post your comments!
No worries (i know next to nothing about the ogl and copyright - that was more a query on my part than anything else). Im a big fan of the beginner box and I really like what you've done. Computers and web pages are not my strong suit, but I found it really easy to skip around and get the info I wanted on your site. Nice work. :)
+1 on adding Edofwar classes conversion. I love Beginner Box. I love Mr. Ed's classes conversion. I hope this move will attract more people into playing Pathfinder and RPG tabletop in general!
I like it PFBeginner! +1 to your mad skills. I got to take the girlfriend to work but will read it over in more detail when Im back with coffee.
Thanks for the feedback and ideas. I will definitely include links to all the other great fan material that's out there, assuming I can get permission.Way to go! The site looks great so far.
Will you add the EdoWar's stuff? Other fan creations? (Like character sheets, etc.)
You link to the PRD and pfsrd for 5+ level, I would also include a notice about the PF Core Rulebook at least.
No I meant adding his stuff to the site. Not links but more races, classes, etc.
No I meant adding his stuff to the site. Not links but more races, classes, etc.Thanks for the feedback and ideas. I will definitely include links to all the other great fan material that's out there, assuming I can get permission.Way to go! The site looks great so far.
Will you add the EdoWar's stuff? Other fan creations? (Like character sheets, etc.)
You link to the PRD and pfsrd for 5+ level, I would also include a notice about the PF Core Rulebook at least.
Okay, I got ya. I certainly want to integrate other fan content into the site, while at the same time making sure not to bloat the site too much for new players. I think if I can organize it well enough though, so adding new content shouldn't be a problem--there is certainly a lot of great work out there to consider adding.
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Edowar stuff is not that much all in all, he just converted/simplified the other classes and races. I would handle it similar to d20pfsrd including 3pp or fan converted 3.5PF stuff, i.e. noting the publisher/source at the bottom and perhaps marking it as fan created.
Great site! I'm writing a campaign for the Beginners Box from levels 1-5 and it will be very handy to have all the information to hand when I don't have my Games Master's Guide and Hero's Handbook to hand.
Great work! I've been planning a BB campaign for roll20 for new players, and between this and the free hero lab module, player's won't need any investment other than time. And then hopefully start buying some Paizo stuff.
free hero lab module
Ooh nice. Didn't know about that one.