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I mm not sure if this is the appropriate place to post this but a group of about 5 people in the Albuquerque, NM area are looking for a Starfinder GM.
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If I may say, I'd recommend that if you have a group of 5 people that you look inward, and see if one or more of you would be willing to take up the hat and run a session.
I'd suggest starting with something simple, leaning towards one of the FreeRPG Day adventures (like SkitterShot, SkitterCrash, SkitterHome, etc.) which uses premade characters. You could also look at the One-Shot adventures, or the Bounties.
These help minimize the 'load' on the GM in my opinion, and would allow you to potentially trade who is the GM between each different game. One or more of you might find you enjoy GMing sometimes. Others might find they don't care for it. But they would at least know then.
To Terevalis, I would like to introduce you to, Terevalis. I think they may be able to help you out. :) Try not to let the idea of being the GM stress you out. And focus on the purpose of the game, to have fun. If you are new to the rules, and you get them wrong, or you aren't sure about something. Keep going and go with whatever will bring everyone the most fun at the moment. You can always go look up, or check with others what the 'strictly right' way to handle it later.
There is of course also the Beginner box, which pretty much walks you through starting the process. It is a good resource. Admittedly, the rules kind of change between the beginner box and the core rules, because they simplified things in ways that were strictly different than the way the core rules normally work. So it is worth noting it has different rules, so if you don't like learning one way, and then having some core things change later, it might work to simply start with a simple adventure, like I suggest above.
Starfinder One-Shot Adventures
Some other options, you can watch some actual play streams for an adventure together that you don't plan to run. Or if you are going to run, you can actually watch a stream where they play the adventure you may be running to see how other players played it out, to have a better feel for it.
Just don't expect your players to react the same way as the players on the stream. Invariably the hardest, but perhaps in other ways, most fun part of GMing is seeing how other players will think of the oddest directions and options to go through an adventure.
Since you are going to be a new GM, you should be able to tell your players if they go so far off the path, you can simply tell them. Hey, we're all here to have fun, and I love this, but I don't know where to take this, the adventure doesn't go this way, can we have you go more the direction it has material so we can get through this? The other players should appreciate you being the GM and being new and so SHOULD work with you.
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Thanks for the "help". We are a group of 3 forever DMs, we are not going to run another game.
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We are a group of 3 forever DMs
5 - 3 = 2 unless God has changed mathematics while I was asleep last night.
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Also a touch confused on this.
You are a group of 5, 3 of which are 'forever DMs'... Like Leon said, what's wrong with the other two?
If you are a group of 5 who actually know each other, how do 3 people be the DM?
The Attitude sorta sucks. Loreguard was very helpful I find (As a 'Forever DM' myself) and your attitude of 'We will never DM again' is going to be your problem. What is so wrong with DMing?
You could each take a turn doing one of the Skitter modules and get your 5 comfortable with the system and maybe give one of the other two a chance after that with one of the others Loreguard mentioned.
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If none of you are in the ABQ area your responses are not answering the initial question and thus are not helpful
I have a full plate (and then some) at this point in time right now for SF and PF II games I run on Roll20 or I'd offer to see if this might work.
Just keep looking and I'm sure you will find someone sooner or later.
Tom
Hello, I don't know where to put what I want to send to pathfinder, but I think this forum is the most appropriate.
I contacted them through Paizo Submissions, because I didn't know where to submit a game submission, they responded and recommended that I search the forums for an RPG Superstar Talent to submit.
But I don't know more, can you clarify what it is about?
On the other hand, this company I see that their publications are mostly about Pathfinder, therefore a game based on Game of Thrones (I created a game based on Game of Thrones, it is a Magic and Risk style game, but with mechanics of euroguems without ceasing to be a wargame) will not be of interest.
But I think if they give me a place to deliver it, look at it with a view of my capabilities, I know the world of reel for a long time, I've played mostly, Aquelarre, Superheroes inc, Vampire, Legend 5 rings, I know this world. I can develop material for a role-playing game, like making the Pathfinder board game, I don't know, I adapt.
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Hey Oriol -
Paizo steers strongly away from other people's Intellectual Property, so a game based on Game of Thrones that does not have George R.R. Martin's permission is likely going to be something they will avoid.
That said, if you learn something about Paizo's games and are good at producing board games, you could try to publish a board game that reflects Pathfinder's world of Golarian via Paizo's Pathfinder Infinite program. The program is free to use, and it's a platform that allows creators a chance to produce games and share the profits with Paizo. If your products do well there, believe me you will get Paizo's attention.
Then you could contact Paizo's creative team directly, point out your infinite product, and tell them that you'd like to write board games for them.
The most important thing you can do as a freelancer is to know the publishers to whom you are pitching. What do they publish? What are their games all about? Which developers are working for which line?
The most important things that developers need to know about you are:
1) Can you write to a deadline?
2) Can you follow editorial direction?
3) Is your writing any good?
4) Are you familiar with the kind of games Paizo publishes?
If you have Pathfinder or Starfinder Society games near you, try out a few Organized Play games for free and learn a little about the games. Not just mechanics, but the setting too. If you don't have them near you, there are also online games where you can try the game out.
Pro tips:
The developers for any given product line are listed (usually on the inside front cover). So from there you can get names to query if you think you have something that would fit the sort of books and games they publish.
I hope this helps.
Hmm
What is, when is, RPG Superstar talent made? Where can I download the Pathfinder Infinite program? What is it for?
thanks for answering.
I don't know what happened, I just wanted to let you know why I believe in me, if you want more information about me, I'm on Facebook with Oriol Garcia Casas
