Collective account

[Gray Warden]

Hello.
I'm one of a group of friends who periodically meet and play PFS adventures all together. Now, we want to buy some Additional Resources, in order to be able to play our PCs in official PFS events too. Can we create a collective paizo account in order to buy our pdfs?

[Nohwear]

The big problem though, is that your PFS number is tied to your account. A better option is to either just share pdfs in a safe way, or share expenses by buying gift certificates for the main account.

[Gray Warden]

But in this way, the main account would be the account of a single person, and all the other would play with pdfs watermarked with that person's e-mail. We would like to have an account made only for purchases, with an e-mail address ad-hoc (like, [e-mail]), while each player would use his own account and ID to play. Is that possible?

[Kalindlara]

I believe that a closely-tied group is permitted to share sources anyway. I'm not an expert, however, and that policy may be intended more for physical copies.

[Tiaburn]

You can use one copy of watermarked PDFs or books as long as you play at the same table. Each one of you need to have watermarked PDF printed in case you'd like to play at different tables.

Check this FAQ for additional clarifications.

[Gray Warden]

Quote:

You can use one copy of watermarked PDFs or books as long as you play at the same table. Each one of you need to have watermarked PDF printed in case you'd like to play at different tables.

Check this FAQ for additional clarifications.

Yeah, I know, I was already assuming that as a fact. I was asking if we could have our pdfs watermarked with a collective e-mail address, not linked to one single person.

[Sara Marie]

Sharing accounts is not something we want on paizo.com. There's a number of point of confusion or privacy and financial concerns, so we cannot condone this practice.

In general, for best online habits and safe practices, it is not advisable to share accounts.

[Sara Marie]

Gray Warden wrote:

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You can use one copy of watermarked PDFs or books as long as you play at the same table. Each one of you need to have watermarked PDF printed in case you'd like to play at different tables.

Check this FAQ for additional clarifications.

Yeah, I know, I was already assuming that as a fact. I was asking if we could have our pdfs watermarked with a collective e-mail address, not linked to one single person.

We do not recommend or condone sharing watermarked PDFs.

[Gray Warden]

Michael Brock:

If a family member, significant other, or other members of the same household living together (such as college room mates) are playing at the same table, they may share the same resources instead of having duplicates of the same resource at the same table. If it is a group of friends that always plays together at the same table, as long as there is at least one sourcebook that covers each rule for every character at the table, it fulfills the requirement. For example, if they all play Chelaxian characters and utilize rules from the Cheliax book, and they are all playing at the same table, then they only need one Cheliax book at the table, and that book can be either physical or an electronic, watermarked copy. However, if they are playing at different tables, each person at a different table will need a physical copy, a PDF copy, or a printed watermarked copy of the relevant pages with them, that covers anything they choose to utilize in the build of their charactert. And if it needs to be clarified, watermarked PDFs may not be distributed electronically by anyone. If two members of the same household wish to share a PDF, and find themselves playing at separate tables, one can utilize an electronic version on an iPad or similar item, while the other utilizes a printed watermarked copy.

As long we have at least a sourcebook, "either physical or an electronic, watermarked copy", we are ok. If we are playing at different tables, it's sufficient to use printed watermarked copy.
I was just asking if the watermark must necessarily be one of our name/ID/email address or could be a common account. I understand that it must be one of ours, so it's sufficient to buy books with my account, print pages of interest for all and use them together. At least, this is what Michael Brock says.

[Michael Brock]

Gray Warden wrote:

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As long we have at least a sourcebook, "either physical or an electronic, watermarked copy", we are ok. If we are playing at different tables, it's sufficient to use printed watermarked copy.
I was just asking if the watermark must necessarily be one of our name/ID/email address or could be a common account. I understand that it must be one of ours, so it's sufficient to buy books with my account, print pages of interest for all and use them together. At least, this is what Michael Brock says.

Each person may only have one account. You may not have an account that 2 or 6, or 9 or whatever amount of people share. The quote you posted from me is so a dad and daughter or a husband and wife or whatever may share resources. It isn't a loophole to allow five people to make a joint account to share one PDF. If you are at a different table, the PDF should be watermarked with your account. Friends who meet periodically and play doesn't fall under the "same household living together" that you quoted.

[Gray Warden]

Ok, thanks.