Tag Archives: PFS

Danger! High Voltage

Getting ready for GenCon, a lot of people get nervous or frustrated because they want to participate in the new events for Pathfinder Roleplaying Game organized play but “can’t.” They don’t have characters that match a scenario or friends character’s level ranges. … Continue reading

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Fire! (PFS Pregen Options: Kineticist)

Getting ready for GenCon, a lot of people get nervous or frustrated because they want to participate in the new events for Pathfinder Roleplaying Game organized play but “can’t.” They don’t have characters that match a scenario or friends character’s level ranges. … Continue reading

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Mixtape (GMing for Mixed Groups)

A fact of life with Organized Play is that when you host an open table… it is an OPEN table. That means you should pretty much be okay with any mix of players signing up for the event. It also … Continue reading

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Bonus Track (Tracking Initiative in the Pathfinder RPG)

Fresh back from PaizoCon, we got to game with nearly a dozen new GMs and played beside several more.We liked a lot of techniques we saw and wanted to share a few of the best practices we witnessed at our … Continue reading

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Play It Again (Rapid Shots: GMing in Organized Play)

Polling players at PaizoCon this week, we saw a lot of patterns for player satisfaction when playing in Organized Play scenarios. Below are the top 5 yays and nays we heard: Yays! (Good Tips for Organized Play GMs) Do voices … Continue reading

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Point To You (Point Buy Characters, Countdown to PaizoCon 8)

When getting ready for an organized play event, we get to face a love it or leave it reality… Point Buy stat generation. In the name of fairness, it is well understood but to those of us who may be … Continue reading

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Making the List (Countdown to PaizoCon: 9)

With just over a week to go til PaizoCon, it is a good day to talk about the List. Not the checklist of travel sundries (we will be getting to that), or the costs for your trip (though keep track … Continue reading

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Instant Crush (PFS Party Metabalance)

With conventions gearing up for the summer, it might be time to look at party metabalance for “instant parties” and other blind dates. Pathfinder Society offers an unprecedented amount of options for character creation and puts player first in this … Continue reading

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Fool’s Gold – (Rapid Shot: Social Rewards in RPGs)

When playing characters in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (and many others) it often seems to come down to the bottom line: Experience and Loot. While this establishes a baseline for progression and a sense of real achievement as campaigns progress it … Continue reading

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PaizoCon Special – More Fun Than a Greased Rhino!

I am the one laying down. Stuck in the windows of the initiates quarters… To the “rescue!” Too bad I spent most of that scene stuck in a window while my sister paid off the guard. Turned out I my … Continue reading

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