Starting Point For New GM

[DivineFire]

As someone new to organised play, do I have full freedom of choice when it comes to what PFS scenario I run? Can I just select whatever scenario from any season I prefer or is there a set order I need to abide by?

[Kate Baker]

Total freedom! Other than a couple of scenarios with specific star requirements to GM, you can run whatever you like, in whatever order you like. Some of the Season 0 stuff is retired and can't be run any more, but besides those, you should be good!

[Xathos of Varisia]

You may run them in any order you want to run them in. There are some which are to be ran in order such as when they are part of a numbered series arc, but by and large you can run any scenario at any time. If you have a steady group, you could use some to construct a story arc which is always fun.

[Venture Captain Kessara Jerendi]

Several other posts, can't recall what they were called or where they are in the forums, and are now somewhat aged, have posted a list of scenarios, that will take you from level 1 - 12 that all have a connected theme (as best as possible).

Something to consider. I'll look and see if I can find them. If you're running for a consistent group, can help with continuity and contiguous story-ish

[Venture Captain Kessara Jerendi]

Campaign Paths:
Campaign Paths

[Selvaxri]

There are very few scenario arcs that have the "intended to be played in order" clause.
There are a few that have the "if you've played [Scenario X], you get [this benefit]."

so, run what you want. as a new gm, look at running some earlier season missions- less mechanics to have to worry about. Running something like Bid for Albastrine or Sun Orchid Scheme could be too much for a new GM to handle.

[DragonflyBlue]

The Shades of Ice trilogy is fun and has cool boons. Also liked the faithless and forgotten trilogy. And if you want everyone to end up just a little twitchy you could run them through all of the Blackros scenarios. Spoiler alert Nigel has some issues with his job and the pathfinders keep fixing things for him.