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We had a weekly pathfinder game for awhile with a gamemaster that was less than ideal (came to the game unprepared, did weird things with the rules and the characters, never reported our scenarios) which died. So we haven't played in any of the pathfinder society for quite some time until a few weeks ago at a convention, and it made us want to play again.
We're trying to revive that weekly game and have four different people who are willing to dm, but we have some questions.
1) Does the DM have to buy the scenario they're running from their account to get credit for dming it? Someone told us that you had to, but it's just easier for me to buy and print the scenarios than anyone else (one of the guys willing to dm has no internet access)
2) Is there somewhere you have to register as a dm?
3) This is just a clarification question, I think I understand it, but I want to make sure: You get credit for the scenario you run as a dm for one of your characters, and if you play the same scneario with a different character, you get credit for it, and it doesn't matter if you dm it first or play in it first. But then you can't ever get credit for that scenario again with any character after that?
Is that right? At the convention, someone there told me that you could replay a scenario with a different character if it had a different faction, but I can't find that anywhere...
1) As long as the DM is using a valid copy of the mod, it doesn't matter who purchased it. You can run any mod purchased by anyone in the group.
2) Nope, no need to register GMs
3)You have it down pretty good. You get 1 for running and 1 for playing. The order doesn't matter, but never more than those 2.
Sounds like you got most everything down. Good luck!
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1. Anyone can buy it and provide the GM a printout of the Scenario
2. No, there is no GM registration. Just an overall registration. When you input the Scenario in your event you just put in the same number you use for PCs but without the PC number.
As an example my first character is xxxx-1, my GM number is xxxx.
3. You get 1 Credit for GMing 1 credit for Playing. They need to be different PCs, faction does not matter, it does not matter what order it is done, you can still play after GMing and get PC credit and vice-versa. What the person told you is the old Replay rules.*
*Rules for Running Modules and the New "Quests" are different, look to individual modules and quests for their rules.
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1) Does the DM have to buy the scenario they're running from their account to get credit for dming it? Someone told us that you had to, but it's just easier for me to buy and print the scenarios than anyone else (one of the guys willing to dm has no internet access)
No, not at all. You buying them and printing them out is perfectly acceptable. If they kick a few dollars back your way, so much the better :) You may not, however, distribute the pdfs. If you guys are going to be playing at a store location, you might talk the owner into buying the mods and printing them, keeping them on-site for anyone who wants to run a game.
2) Is there somewhere you have to register as a dm?
You don't have to register any differently than you do to sign up and activate your PFS ID number. If your ID is already active, you are ready to play or GM.
3) This is just a clarification question, I think I understand it, but I want to make sure: You get credit for the scenario you run as a dm for one of your characters, and if you play the same scneario with a different character, you get credit for it, and it doesn't matter if you dm it first or play in it first. But then you can't ever get credit for that scenario again with any character after that?
You can only get a maximum of 2 Chronicles from any given scenario, yes.
For the GM Star system (which is a tally of the number of games you've run), you will always get a session counted toward your GM start weather it's the 1st time you've run it, or the 4th.
Is that right? At the convention, someone there told me that you could replay a scenario with a different character if it had a different faction, but I can't find that anywhere...
That was an old replay rule which was changed a few months ago, and officially updated in the Guide as of this weeks latest publishing.
EDIT: 25 seconds too slow :)