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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 5768387" data-attributes="member: 463">OK, I just finally ordered the Pathfinder Beginner Box, and I'm planning to use it for an old-school open-group Gygaxian Sandbox for PCs level 1-5 at the London D&D Meetup, set in EGG's Yggsburgh campaign setting.  Feeling excited & nervous!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Here are my current plans - not having received the box yet...PATHFINDER BEGINNER BOX YGGSBURGH OPEN GAMEPathfinder Beginner Box! I was thinking of using it for an occasional newbie-friendly open-player game at the weekends using Gygax's Yggsburgh setting. PCs would always start at 1st level and would top out at 5th, when they could establish dominions, become knights, crime lords, high priests, build wizard towers, etc, and retire as part of the 'establishment'.  Most adventures will be for 1st-4th level PCs, once a PC reaches 5th level they will normally retire from regular play and you can bring in a new 1st level PC, such as a retainer or apprentice of the retired PC.<a href="http://paizo.com/pathfinder/pathfinderRPG/products/beginnerbox" target="_blank">http://paizo.com/pathfinder/pathfinderRPG/products/beginnerbox</a><a href="http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/v5748btpy8osv" target="_blank">http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG/v5748btpy8osv</a>PC Start Level: 1stRaces: Human, Elf, DwarfAttributes: Either pregen or best 3 of 4d6 as desired, if you don’t like the  result you can use 15 14 13 12 10 8 instead.Classes: Fighter, Rogue, Cleric, Wizard, & Barbarian (online).XP & Advancement: Standard, typically expect ca 2-4 sessions to level up.  Levelling up takes place during training ‘down time’ between sessions.NPCs: Halve listed C&C level, and max 5th level.Schedule: Irregular Saturday or Sunday afternoon, 1.30pm-6.30pm. About every 3 weeks is likely, so that regular PCs might reach 5th level in about 9 months/12 sessions of play.Maximum # Players per session: 8+ as space permits.Adventure Level: Most adventures will be for PCs of 1st-4th level.  Once several PCs reach 5th level I can potentially run  any level (1st--5th) sessions, typically focusing on high level PCs seeking to establish their own (eg) Dominion , Wizard’s Conclave, Temple or Thieves’ Guild, or several high level PCs uniting to deal with major threats.I have a good deal of experience with 3e D&D but I wanted to check with people who have good experience of the BB, how does that sound? In particular, is my expected advancement rate of once per 3 5-hour sessions realistic using defauly BB XP?  Would you expect it to be a lot faster, or slower?  My guess is that the first two levels might take 2 sessions each, then slowing down - since I'll be running mostly 1st-3rd/4th level adventures.  But I've never played or run Pathfinder before, so I don't really know.</blockquote>

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