Is anyone else a member of this most noble order? It's been something like 3 years since I had a PF game go past a couple sessions. I work on my campaign setting and house rule adjustments all the time, and I write characters fairly frequently, but I lack a game. To compound matters, I can't GM worth a damn and have an 18 1/2 unit load at college, but I'm the one who has a passion for campaign settings.
Who else never really gets to play?
I usually don't have games I GM last past 2-3 sessions and I barely ever get to play due to me using Roll20 for gaming and the schedules people use on there often don't work for me. I have a lot of character ideas I wanna try but never have gotten to.
I actually haven't managed to play since college. And that was a whiiiiile back.
... I think I qualify.
For the past two years, I've built tons of characters, designed a ton of home brew, jotted down ideas and basic outlines of adventures, and so on.
For a while we had a little online gaming with a friend of ours (me and my fiance) in Sweden.. But he managed to find a job, and hasn't had time lately. Every time I start something for my fiance and I for a one on one game, it seems to die after a few sessions, usually because we find something else we like to do together (a new anime, some video game, a free-form role play, etc).
Beyond that, I just want to game as a player. I've got too many character ideas, and haven't been able to try em.
My group's rather fallen apart so count me in this hated club.
i have this with wargames: warhammer, hordes and dropzone commander.
I do get to play plenty of RPGs though.
I have just finished ten months hiatus in playing (I was working abroad). I am working on ending GMing hiatus by assembling a group... Works slowly.
I was in the club for a while but I pulled together another group. Sadly, I'm moving to another state, so I'm probably gonna be part of the club again for a while.
I'll be in this club for another few weeks (I hope...); though this is for pathfinder specifically, I am in a WFRPG 2ed game. But I've only played 1 pathfinder campaign for the moment, so I would really like to play another.
I am GM-ing though.
I'm a member too. Last campaign fell apart summer of last year.
If it wasn't for Terquem's PbP I too would be a card-carrying member here. It's been about 4 years since I last had anyone actually sit down at a table face-to-face for a game. We spent the session making up characters (all of us were/are Pathfinder newbs) and introducing the characters to each other. We never followed up, and I haven't played since.
I used to be part of this club from 2006-2012, then managed to get to play over roll20. Most games don't last past a few sessions, but sometimes I get lucky.
I haven't successfully DMed a game since my sister and her hubby moved away and don't even bother to play. I haven't had a face-to-face in person game since 2006, which makes me sad.
To those who haven't had a game in a long time, you could check out roll20.net. You may get lucky and find a group that actually lasts more than a few sessions. There's also pbp on this forum.
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I'm stuck with PFS and occasionally skyping into a game-- no decent home campaign at the moment, haven't been in a decent ongoing campaign since moving to the San Jose area. So yeah, I'm kind'a stuck in the club for now....
(yes, PFS is kind-of playing... but it's more murder-hobo/hack'n'slay than really role-playing, so I'm chiming in here)
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I am in this club by choice. I had a campaign that went 18 months or so until it had to break up due to some sad circumstances. I decided that I would spend my time building a complete world and ethos before I went back at it. That was over two years ago.
Right now, we (those who are helping in its creation) have a world with 8 (nearly 9) of 14 deities finished. Example of a finished evil deity.
All 13 races have been completed. This is an example of a race.
And we are starting to work on continents and regions. Orton is the continent that has some work finished on it. Here is the overall map of the world.
I seek the "gamers who do not play anything". Take a few minutes and go through this set of wikis and see if you would be interested in participating in the creation of this world with your ideas, artwork, or writing. We are very willing to mold the world to incorporate your ideas, your campaign setting. The people you would be designing with stress communication and modification. Read through wikis, and if there is any small spark of interest, lets talk. I will spend an hour or two and discuss the world, its inhabitants, the cosmos, and how your ideas can be merged into our current design and, in all probability, alter our design. Even if you leave the conversation without a commitment, we both should leave with new ideas to add to our own campaigns.
Thepa's initial storyline and front page.
Please give us a chance to wow you!
Irrie.
PS: This is the link to those that have helped make this project not only come alive, but prosper!
I'll have to check it out later Irrie when I get some free time. From a quick skim, seems fascinating. Unfortunately, my current time is being spent on commissioned prose, trying to pick an idea for NaNoWriMo, and a few other side projects.
Looking forward to seeing what you guys do with it.
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I fit in this category so bad it isn't even funny.
I've been a computer gamer practically all my life, and I segued into proper D&D by way of Baldur's Gate/Icewind Dale/Planescape: Torment.
From there, I spent the next 10-ish years collecting books like a maniac - but between things falling apart, being stuck living somewhere I don't belong, being surrounded by people whose playstyle is just shy of polar opposite of mine, people who didn't like me, game-killing misunderstandings, gaming venues shutting down, a game that died of an uninspired DM, an insufferable latecomer player, and somebody's car getting stolen, various other 'people'-related misfortune, new editions coming out at the most innopportune times and everyone I know saying, "yeah, I'm sick of 3.X now" when I'd never gotten to play anything beyond a scattered few crummy one-shots (remember that "Chin-Pokomon" episode of South Park, where Kyle keeps catching up with the latest thing right after everyone else has abandoned it? Yeah, that's me), I've never gotten to play a good game with them.
The best luck I've had has been the past 4 years or so when I managed to get onboard with a Pathfinder Society group that came to where I live - it's been fun, but it still hasn't been what I really wanted to do (for example: I REALLY want a sustained long-term game where I can play a Tome of Magic Binder and be able to add, with DM approval, any of my many homebrewed Vestiges, but you certainly can't do any of THAT in Pathfinder Society), and that scene has finally collapsed for the foreseeable future as of just a couple weeks ago.
I'm on a PbP game on these forums, but it's slow as molasses - I don't mean to complain too much about it, the DM is quite obliging and those few of us who have stuck with the game all seem to know what we're doing, but we've been going at it since March and are still level 1.
I have a few people I can still count on to do a bit of gaming with, but the energy level is nowhere close to what I really want, and we're doing other game systems (we're gearing up to do some World of Darkness games, and I've also been introduced to TORG and RISUS), but I just don't get to do what I really want to do, which is a semi-off-the-wall 3.5/3.75 game with people who know how the game is supposed to be played (and you might say playing D&D is like playing the blues - it's not enough to play the game, you have have to understand why the game needs to be played).
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Sorry, but with that title, this needed to be done.
Oh, I've never fought a dragon,
And I've never killed a ruler,
And I've never found more treasure than the BSF* can haul,
And I've never cast a fireball,
And I've never split the party,
And I've never been to Sandpoint in the fall!
*Big Stupid Fighter
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I am not myself part of this group (thank whatever deities are listening for trusty RPG groups), but... honestly...
...as long as you don't count only face-to-face gaming...
...doesn't at least one suggestion suggest itself... a little? =)
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Sorry, but with that title, this needed to be done.
Oh, I've never fought a dragon,
And I've never killed a ruler,
And I've never found more treasure than the BSF* can haul,
And I've never cast a fireball,
And I've never split the party,
And I've never been to Sandpoint in the fall!*Big Stupid Fighter
*shakes head*
You just don't get it, do you?
The best luck I've had has been the past 4 years or so when I managed to get onboard with a Pathfinder Society group that came to where I live - it's been fun, but it still hasn't been what I really wanted to do (for example: I REALLY want a sustained long-term game where I can play a Tome of Magic Binder and be able to add, with DM approval, any of my many homebrewed Vestiges, but you certainly can't do any of THAT in Pathfinder Society), and that scene has finally collapsed for the foreseeable future as of just a couple weeks ago.
Man, it is really inconvenient you don't live somewhere near me. The first campaign I ever GMed lasted a little under a year and one of the characters was exactly this - a Binder who made extensive use of the "Let's make some custom vestiges" thread on the WOTC boards.
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The best luck I've had has been the past 4 years or so when I managed to get onboard with a Pathfinder Society group that came to where I live - it's been fun, but it still hasn't been what I really wanted to do (for example: I REALLY want a sustained long-term game where I can play a Tome of Magic Binder and be able to add, with DM approval, any of my many homebrewed Vestiges, but you certainly can't do any of THAT in Pathfinder Society), and that scene has finally collapsed for the foreseeable future as of just a couple weeks ago.Man, it is really inconvenient you don't live somewhere near me. The first campaign I ever GMed lasted a little under a year and one of the characters was exactly this - a Binder who made extensive use of the "Let's make some custom vestiges" thread on the WOTC boards.
You don't say? I was something of a presence on that thread - would you care to name some specifics your player employed?
I went by Edge of Oblivion back there.
Let me think... off the top of my head, not counting the ones in the official books, I recall him making use of Schala and Aoskar, and several of the "fill in the rest of the Goetia" vestiges he or I created for the thread. There were many others, but without the thread to look at I don't recall them specifically. This campaign was run back in 2005-6, or somewhere in that general vicinity.
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Sorry, but with that title, this needed to be done.
Oh, I've never fought a dragon,
And I've never killed a ruler,
And I've never found more treasure than the BSF* can haul,
And I've never cast a fireball,
And I've never split the party,
And I've never been to Sandpoint in the fall!*Big Stupid Fighter
I so love you, Gwaihir Scout.
The part of the thread where Qakisst sings a silly song.
We are the Pathfinders who don't do anything;
We just stay in lodge and lay around;
And if you ask us to do anything;
We'll just tell you, we don' do anything.
Well I've never been to Belkzen, and I've never been to Katheer;
And I've never buried treasure in Absalom or Oppara;
And I've never been to Mendev, and I've never been to Westcrown;
And I've never been to Sandpoint in the fall!
We are the Pathfinders who don't do anything;
We just stay in lodge and lay around;
And if you ask us to do anything;
We'll just tell you, we don' do anything.
And I've never slain a dragon, and I've never killed the ruler;
And I've never found more treasure than the Chelish slaves can haul;
And I've never played with magic, and I've never split the party;
And I've never been to Sandpoint in the fall!
We are the Pathfinders who don't do anything;
We just stay in lodge and lay around;
And if you ask us to do anything;
We'll just tell you, we don' do anything.
Oh, I've never plucked a Pegasus and I am not too good at Harrows
And I've never thrown my mashed potatoes up against the wall
And I've never kissed a goblin, and I've never gotten rot grubs
And I have never been to Sandpoint in the fall!
We are the Pathfinders who don't do anything;
We just stay in lodge and lay around;
And if you ask us to do anything;
We'll just tell you, we don' do anything.
We are the Pathfinders who don't do anything;
We just stay in lodge and lay around;
And if you ask us to do anything;
We'll just tell you, we don' do anything.
I will soon be without a game to play again. My Wrath of the Righteous campaign ended after exactly 1 year of play, though taking away all the missed sessions would actually be 8 months of weekly sessions (was disappointed in this campaign, though not really for story reasons); and my other weekly campaign ends this Friday (november 7th). Then I will be sans game again.
I have bought every book for Mutants and Masterminds since 1st edition and have never played once.
Looks like I won't be playing for a while. This quarter is coming into final project/research paper/test territory, so it's a bad time for me to GM. Then I have a quarter that's 21 academic units, so no GMing then. Won't be ready to GM until April at least, and that's dicey.
I feel your guys pain. Man there was a stretch of two weeks last year when none of the 3 groups I play with did not game. Longest two weeks of my life. ;)
Hey any of you guys stuck without a group in the Northern NJ area should drop me a PM maybe I can hook you up to a group.
Since when I haven´t played? 5 years, but I stil GMs once a week.
Why dont say where we are from and check who can sit in which table to play?
Im From México, La Paz, B.C.S.
I was actually just planning on this because I intend to start running a campaign in the coming weeks. If any of you guys are from Decatur Illinois let me know in message.
Last time I played was some scattered sessions in the late 1990s (1st Edition AD&D, at that).
Seems that wherever I work, nobody plays. Had a colleague at work (unfortunately moved away now) a few years ago who was really interested, but apparently in modern necromancy life science research connected with preparation for a medical career, you just can't get the time.
Tried unsuccessfully a few weeks ago to get into a PbP on these boards, but was not accepted. Would like to make and flesh out more characters, but between family medical emergencies earlier this year and work the way it is lately, it has been slow going (see here for progress so far).
QUEBEC CITY! There are a considerable of gaming groups, but it seems to be very hard to find a regular pathfinder table with space. I run my own game, but I would like to PLAY more pathfinder.
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Once one gets older it's harder to find the time like before to play as often. When I was younger I used to play once or even twice a week. As time passed with a career and wanting to do other non-gaming activities it's once or twice a month. Sometimes only once.
I have to work around players who also run games. As well some of them are in relationships and have families. As a group we have to factor that in. If one of my players needs to go to a social event like a wedding he kind of has to go. If another can't show because of working late well he works late. I learned a long time ago when it comes to gaming and real life. Real life always comes first.
I live in a small town on the Ohio river in SE Indiana. Looking at meetup.com the closest games (at least those advertised on that site) are 50+ miles away. My only gaming outlet is online. And after recent experiences, I refuse to touch Pathfinder again. Hell, I would much rather go back to playing 2nd edition AD&D and continue to play 5th edition D&D than go back to Pathfinder ever again.
But finding anything like that close to me, seems to be impossible. Easier for 5th edition than 2nd. There isn't much selection on roll20.net either. So looks like I will be without a game for the foreseeable future. Good thing or bad thing? At this moment I am not sure which.
And after recent experiences, I refuse to touch Pathfinder again. Hell, I would much rather go back to playing 2nd edition AD&D and continue to play 5th edition D&D than go back to Pathfinder ever again.
Man what the hell happened to you?
And after recent experiences, I refuse to touch Pathfinder again. Hell, I would much rather go back to playing 2nd edition AD&D and continue to play 5th edition D&D than go back to Pathfinder ever again.Man what the hell happened to you?
The type of players that I always seem to get into games with have killed any desire to play this system. Always seem to get into groups that end up with players that have a vastly differing playstyle. They all seem to frequent CharOp sections and go for huge numbers, destroying things in 1-2 rounds, where I am absolutely not. Just combat after combat, with the only skills rolled were Knowledge (to see the abilities of the monster) and Perception, with maybe a spellcraft once every 8 sessions.
You know, considering how we grow up getting only a tiny window of time to play in between the ever-lengthening school requirements, then have to struggle through a job and raising a family (for those who are even lucky enough to be able to do that at all), and then grow old and die all in less a century, suddenly the thread about "What-was-the-elf-doing-growing-up]What was the Elf doing growing up?" seems not so ridiculous after all . . . .
The type of players that I always seem to get into games with have killed any desire to play this system. Always seem to get into groups that end up with players that have a vastly differing playstyle. They all seem to frequent CharOp sections and go for huge numbers, destroying things in 1-2 rounds, where I am absolutely not. Just combat after combat, with the only skills rolled were Knowledge (to see the abilities of the monster) and Perception, with maybe a spellcraft once every 8 sessions.And after recent experiences, I refuse to touch Pathfinder again. Hell, I would much rather go back to playing 2nd edition AD&D and continue to play 5th edition D&D than go back to Pathfinder ever again.Man what the hell happened to you?
That sounds like a player problem...not the system. At least in my experience I saw enough of it in 2nd D&D to stop playing that. And my guess is every system has players like that.
And there are an abundance of that type of player within Pathfinder to make me really dislike it. I will amend my "never touch it again" comment into "I will never touch it again except for with this single group of people.
Yes, it is a player problem, but when I come across that type of player almost exclusively when it comes to a certain system (Pathfinder in this case) it ruins said system. And four of the people in my "exception group" have similar experiences.
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And there are an abundance of that type of player within Pathfinder to make me really dislike it. I will amend my "never touch it again" comment into "I will never touch it again except for with this single group of people.
Yes, it is a player problem, but when I come across that type of player almost exclusively when it comes to a certain system (Pathfinder in this case) it ruins said system. And four of the people in my "exception group" have similar experiences.
I see the problem a lot too. Players that get more out of the Kill the Monsters action that anything; and treat taking down the bad guys like it's a race to see who can get the most kills the quickest. I try to avoid them as well; but find them in almost every game system. I guess I've been mostly lucky with Pathfinder players.