Getting Started

 Pathfinder and Starfinder are Table Top Role Playing Games (TTRPGs).  The games themselves provide a set of rules and context to facilitate collaborative story telling.  Every Game Master (GM), Player, and group will have their own play preferences that range from a purely tactical combat focused experience to an almost purley theatrical one.  In my experience, most play is experienced in 3rd person with a bit of story decision making, clever combat descriptions, ability checks, and combat.  Each PFS senerio is created and begin and finish in one 4ish hour session.

All you need to play is a character sheet, a way to take notes (pencil and paper are common), and some dice.  Trying anything new can be challenging, especially games in a public setting.  GMs and players are excited about the game and will be more than willing to help you navigate the rules and encourage new player engagement (everyone was new at some point afterall).  While Paizo provides a ton of excellent content through their books, there are a lot of free resources available online (Links page).  The Discord server is also available for questions and clerifications.

Paizo's Orginized Play is worldwide.  The characters you create and level at home are playable at any PFS table anywhere on the globe.  I've played and run sessions in Ohio, North Carolina, Florida, Colorado, Mississippi, Idaho, and now New Mexico.  I've also played with a group in Aukland, New Zealand while on vacation.  Earlier, I mentioned the minimal gear to play, and that's truely all that's required, but to get "credit" for the session and grow your characters, there's a little more paperwork involved.

Your play "credit" is tracked using your Orginized Play ID.  It's a number, issued to you, by Paizo, that allows you to receive, track, and accumulate Orginized Play credit.  In the following sections, I'm going to cover getting your Orginized Play ID, registering for a session on Warhorn, and completing your RPG Chronicle.