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How Do I Start a Pathinder Society

Organized Play Chapter?

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Starting a Pathinder Society chapter at your local game store, game club, convention, or at home is easy!

Follow these 10 simple steps and in no time you’ll have new players exploring Golarion,

the world of Paizo’s Pathinder campaign setting.

Visit paizo.com/pathfindersociety, click Join the Pathinder Society!, and receive a Pathinder

Society ID number by following the registration steps. You will need a paizo.com account to do so.

Download the Guide to Pathfinder Society Organized Play. Read through it and familiarize

yourself with the rules.

Download a Pathfinder Society adventure scenario. There are more than 80 currently

available and at least 28 new scenarios are released every year. Start with either a Tier 1–5 or Tier 1–7

scenario (these are beginner scenarios that cover levels 1 through 5 or levels 1 through 7). We highly

recommend the First Steps series of scenarios to introduce your players to Pathinder Society. This

trilogy of introduction scenarios teaches new players what the Pathinder Society is and how than can

it into the Society, and are written speciically for irst level characters in their irst adventure.

From your My Pathfinder Society page, build a new event. Build an event with at least a

month’s advanced notice so players can ind it. Announce it on the Pathinder Society messageboards

in the Pathinder Society Grand Lodge forum on paizo.com . Check that same forum for detailed

instructions on how to create and report your event.

Find a Game Master or Game Masters. Running a Pathinder Society adventure scenario takes

betweem 4-5 hours. You’ll need a GM familiar with the Pathinder Roleplaying Game rules who should

be focused on running the game. In a game store setting, for example, your GM shouldn’t be answering

phones or running the store—make sure he or she is focused on the game. Give your GM a printed copy

of the scenario ahead of time so he or she can prepare for the game session.

Promote your event. Post it on your website, announce it on your favorite social networking site,

talk about it on the paizo.com messageboards, post liers, and put up signs in your game store(s). Ask

Paizo’s events manager for a Pathinder Society poster to let folks know there are Pathinder Society

games happening.

Plan a second event 1-to-2 weeks ater the irst. Players always want to know when the next game is.

Prepare for your Pathinder Society event to be successful and grow.

Print a lot of handouts: character sheets, pregenerated characters (from the Pathinder Society website),

blank membership cards (you can download these from your event listing on your My Pathinder Society

page once the event has been created), chronicle sheets for each player for each scenario session, player

handouts, and a session tracking sheet (also available from the event page on My Pathinder Society).

On the day of the event, you’ll need a big table and seven chairs for each scenario you plan to

run. Have spare miniatures, pencils, and dice for the walk-up players. Make sure each player gets a

Pathinder Society ID card. Make sure the session tracking sheet gets illed out and ask for each player’s

email address so you can remind them about the next event.

10) If you have any questions or concerns about starting a local Pathinder Society Organized Play chapter at

your favorite game store, game club, convention, or even a game at home, email Paizo’s events manager and

the campaign coordinator for Pathinder Society Organized Play, Michael Brock at mike.brock@paizo.com .

Pathfinder - Pathfinder Society - Store Handout.pdf