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Any advice on Pathfinder?

Started by worldeater, December 10, 2013, 09:08:16 PM

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worldeater

#30
December 19, 2013, 06:06:30 AM
Quote from: mcbobbo;716968I was going to ask how it went, but it isn't Christmas yet, is it?

:)

OP, did you get the answers you were after?

Yes, very much so. You guys have provided tons of good info; thanks for that.

I'll post after we start playing. In sure that it will be a good time.

Thanks again,
Alan

Teazia

#31
January 02, 2014, 01:01:04 AM
Did things go well?
Miniature Mashup with the Fungeon Master  (Not me, but great nonetheless)

worldeater

#32
January 11, 2014, 10:11:58 PM
Quote from: Teazia;720007Did things go well?

Progress has been slow, mostly because I've been stuck at work a lot and just haven't had time to kick things off. The boy has had a great time building the world. I started it but within about 5 minutes he was sketching things out and I was just an advisor. I think he'll make a heck of a GM (and maybe author?).

Hopefully work dies down soon an his paladin can venture forth into the world and give evil a run for its money.

If you're interested, there are a couple of pictures over on my blog, The Phlogisticated Mind.

Thanks!
WorldEater

Harl Quinn

#33
January 11, 2014, 11:07:05 PM
Read your blog. Wow! That's quite the setting your son is designing! Kudos to him and his imagination! :cool: Looking forward to hearing about his paladin's adventures! :)

Later!

Harl
"...maybe this has to do with my being around at the start of published RPGs and the DIY attitude that we all had back then but, it seems to me that if you don\'t find whatever RPG you are playing sufficiently inclusive you ought to get up off your ass and GM something that you do find sufficiently inclusive. The RPG setting of your dreams is yours to create. Don\'t sit waiting and whining for someone else to create it for you." -- Bren speaking on inclusivity in RPGs

deadDMwalking

#34
January 13, 2014, 03:52:37 PM
It sounds like long term, you'd be trying to set an adventure that involves stopping the 'blight', but you wouldn't want to start that too soon.  

The 'Rise of the Runelords' adventure path (published for 3.x, but there is likely a Pathfinder conversion available for free) might be a good starting point.  The first adventure involves an attack by goblins on the starting town.  The goblins are actually really fun - they're a lot like the Gremlins (a movie my six-year old adores) - as much comical as they are horrifying.  

Since that would involve monsters 'penetrating' the shield, that wold indicate the protection is not as solid as the city elders have hoped.  Finding out how they got in (and of course getting to their lair and making sure knowledge of the 'fissures' they used doesn't get out) could work really well.  

Long term, the Rise of the Runelords is about the return of an ancient evil wizard-king, but the adventures with Stone Giants might not work as well.  The PDF of Burnt Offerings is avaialble from Paizo for $13.99

The town may be smaller than Haven - it is called Sandpoint and is well described.  Having that as an allied town might work.  There's also a supernatural disease; tying it to the Blight rather than the return of the Runelords can work very well.  

The reviews may help you decide if it would make sense:

http://paizo.com/products/btpy7zkr?Pathfinder-1-Rise-of-the-Runelords-Chapter-1-Burnt-Offerings
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jhkim

#35
January 13, 2014, 04:30:03 PM
Quote from: jhkim;717009As it turns out, I'm also running Pathfinder for my son and two nephews over Christmas - by their request. I've run three other short adventures for them on previous holidays.

I picked up The Dragon's Demand, and I'm seeing about adapting it to work a little better for them and their previous adventures.
As a follow-up to this,

I ran Dragon's Demand with a few adaptations for the kids. One thing that really annoyed me about it was that there were constant references to "See Bestiary 3" or "See Ultimate Magic" and so forth - with no stats or description. I could look most of these up from the SRD, but more often I just substituted something from the core books. Also, the module is pretty skimpy on details in general.

The core plot is fine, though. I'm now looking at running a few session online with the nephews who live in Maine. I haven't run any games online yet, so I'm still figuring out what I want to use for that.

worldeater

#36
January 25, 2014, 01:50:53 PM
We made progress, albeit not much. The best part was when my son started describing the sounds of an orc ambush on one of the NPCs that was out of the scene. I think he'll make a good GM one of these days.

:)

http://phlogisticatedmind.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/pathfinder-into-the-wild/
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