Pathfinder 1E What books/devices do you take to GM your Pathfinder sessions?

[brvheart]

I quit being portable sometime back in 1E when I couldn't bring what I needed in 2 boxes. After that we started running games at our house. Several small fortunes later....

 

[Starfox]

I love the d20pfsrd.com and use it almost exclusively as the in-game reference for Pathfinder. Basically no books on the table except the scenario - which I much prefer to have in print but have used PDFs of. I almost exclusively play at my house and have a wall full of rules books but rarely use those in play. For Pathfinder, I actually only own a few of the books, the SRD is a much better source than the books. In my homebrew games the rules are also online, but I prefer to prepare "monster" stats with a pen on regular printer paper. Now if I only would computerize those old notes, my game would have a bestiary too!

I use a big 22" roll printer to make paper maps on which we use metal and plastic minis. Was looking at table surface screens a few years back, but they were then still too expensive, and I was not sure if a flatscreen TV would work lying down.

 

[Ramaster]

I DM, so usually I carry a lot of books around.

Core Rulebook
DMG Guide (for its useful random tables).
Bestiary 1, 2 and 3 plus two copies of the NPC codex (great book for improvising).
Ultimate equipment (for rewards).

I also make extensive use of the SRD and have my tablet and notebook near, just in case.

 

[dmfubar]

I have all of the rule books on pdf loaded on my tablet and use my laptop for Herolab/tactical console. Add in two ammo boxes of miniatures and a presentation sized pad of graph paper and that's it. Makes for a light load to carry to the games which are held at a central location for the party.

 

[Libertad]

I have the Corebook and can access the PSRD on my laptop; I also have a dice roller in my Smartphone. I can go entirely digital if necessary.

 

[Jester David]

We play at my place and I'm the GM so we have everything. (My collection is disgusting in size.)

Otherwise it's just core book, and my iPad with most of the other books on it.

 

[MerricB]

Hmm. Only 34 responses - a low number of PF GMs here, or general disinterest?

Cheers!

 

[Kinak]

Hmm. Only 34 responses - a low number of PF GMs here, or general disinterest?

I'm not sure people necessarily know how to answer.

For example, I run games in my living room. I pace along a short path while I GM that passes in front of an entire collection of Pathfinder books. But during games, I never look at any rule books and only pull out Bestiaries if I need to show someone art. There's a Gaming Paper map on the table with a hodgepodge of metal minis, plastic minis, paper tokens, and paper tokens taped to templates made out of book-binding materials. The only book on my GM stand is the Rise of the Runelords Anniversary Edition. If I reference rules, I use a browser on my iPhone.

I answered with the things we actually use or could snatch off the shelf during my pacing. But I'm not sure if that's really comparable to the way other people are answering. If I was traveling to someone else's house, I'd bring my phone, the AP, and encounter notes with tokens attached by paperclips.

Cheers!
Kinak