Suggested reading / starting point for Golarion

[Bottleface]

Hey people,

I've been playing the Pathfinder system for several years with my friends. One of them has a campaign coming to a close soon and asked if I'd be interested in GMing so that he could work with the other gm on fleshing out a homebrew. I agreed and since this is my first time gming a d20 style game, I figured I'd be better off with an established setting until I get the hang of it/work up my confidence.

Given that we love the Pathfinder System, and the decision to use an established campaign setting, Golarion is a no-brainer. I am currently working my way through the Inner Sea World Guide but I'm not sure where to go from there.

I have not yet decided on a starting location as I'm trying to get a feel for things, but I have a lot of time before I start my campaign. Which books would you say are a good idea beyond the Inner Sea Guide? I saw mention of campaign setting booklets but I'm guessing with almost 10 years of catching up, some might be better than others. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

[Steve Geddes]

Personally, I find the deities of a setting to always be an important facet to understand. As such, Inner Sea Gods would be my next suggestion.

Beyond that, I'd peruse the campaign setting books and find an area that tickles your fancy, based on reading the ISWG. They're pretty high quality across the board, in my opinion so whichever area is likely to be important to your chosen campaign starting point (either geographic or thematic) is the best way to choose where to go next for inspiration/material.

[Bottleface]

Steve Geddes wrote:

Personally, I find the deities of a setting to always be an important facet to understand. As such, Inner Sea Gods would be my next suggestion.

Beyond that, I'd peruse the campaign setting books and find an are that tickles your fancy, based on reading the ISWG. They're pretty high quality across the board, in my opinion so whichever area is likely to be important to your chosen campaign starting point (either geographic or thematic) is the best way to choose.

Thanks, I'll definitely check out the Gods book. I've also been interested by the Harbingers even if they only got a few paragraphs. They strike me as an organization that could be great allies, terrible enemies or both depending on which prophecy they pursued.