Pathfinder 1E Thinking of Buying Pathfinder

[Dargurd]

Hi All,

Been playing D&D for almost 30 years in pretty much all its incarnations. I'm thinking of picking up Pathfinder as an alternative to try it out.

Which books should i pick up first and in what order ?

Thanks

 

[Crothian]

First, pick up Pathfinder. It is like the DMG and PHB in one. The only other book you really need is the Bestiary. But that can wait until you know you like and are going to run Pathfinder.

 

[SeaJay]

Hi All,

Been playing D&D for almost 30 years in pretty much all its incarnations. I'm thinking of picking up Pathfinder as an alternative to try it out.

Which books should i pick up first and in what order ?

Thanks

Then buy Kingmaker

 

[Dargurd]

Thanks for the replies so far - much appreciated. What about the Ultimate Books or the Dungeon Masters Guide book ?

What is Kingmaker ?

 

[MarkAHart]

Paizo is awesome in that they offer inexpensive PDF versions of their Core Rulebook. This allows you to take a look at what is inside before necessarily investing in the physical copy.

 

[Crothian]

Thanks for the replies so far - much appreciated. What about the Ultimate Books or the Dungeon Masters Guide book ?

They are useful if you are playing and want more options. They are not needed and I'd wait on them.

What is Kingmaker ?

Piazo if you are not aware puts out adventure paths in their Pathfinder monthly magazine/book. Each is 6 books of linking adventures that covers a campaign from first level to around 16 (not all of them end at the same level). Kingmaker is one of these adventure paths that has the PCs hired to explore some wilderness and they eventually claim the land for themselves and build their own Kingdom. It seems to be the best regarded of the adventure paths and I'm having a blast playing it.

But it is not needed at all to run the game.

 

[Dargurd]

Thanks again for the heads up much appreciated. I think im going to go check out Amazon and order a couple of books.

 

[SolitonMan]

You should spend some time perusing the PRD at Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document. You might also gain some benefit from checking out the d20PFSRD site at Pathfinder_OGC. Both sites contain most if not all of the open content Paizo has published. The latter also includes much from 3rd party publishers.

 

[Crothian]

Thanks again for the heads up much appreciated. I think im going to go check out Amazon and order a couple of books.

Pathfinder_OGC

you can also check out the rules and options there. It does include options from almost all the books so you can get an idea of what is where. And it is free and legal.

 

[Qik]

Yeah, checking out the SRDs should give you a good idea of which non-core books you'd like to obtain. As MarkAHart said, there are also the pdfs, which are quite reasonably priced.

For my part, I've found much to like in all of the major non-core releases thus far: the Advanced Player's Guide is a must (hooray, archetypes!), and both Ultimate Magic and Ultimate Combat offer some integral options, albeit more specialized. UM, for instance, provides some great archetypes for the non-core base classes, and UC is a must if you're into monks.