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<blockquote data-quote="jimmifett" data-source="post: 5504512" data-attributes="member: 55006">What are good things to keep in mind when DMing PF, as I never DM'ed 3.x, I never learned those tricks.&nbsp;I can do that in 4e's framework just as easily. Not a valid point for me to pass on to my players.&nbsp;&nbsp;All I'm interested in is the game system itself.&nbsp;[sblock=Skippable Rant Warning]Not to dump on you in particular, just have seen plenty of &quot;Paizo is the besht company EVAR&quot; posts as reasons for me and my group to play. I'm not particularly interested in how Paizo is percieved to run internally to outsiders, or if they have PDFs of everything, or if they ride unicorns over rainbows that rain bacon (a great idea... yum). To me it's fan-(gender) specualtion/adoration of someone's current fave company until cheese gets moved. No company ignores it's customers if they want to survive, no company intentionaly puts out shoddy products if they want to survive. Companies are not required to be transparent or open in thier operation / design. Most companies allocate a budget and time frame to the development of a product as hire the best resources they can find / afford in the timeframe / budget. Most companies have lawyers and bean counters and other corporate suit-types that can put the kabosh on things like PDFs if it is deemed unprofitable or a threat to the bottom line or any other justification whether we as the consumer like it or not. Profit keeps companies in business, simple fact of life. The whole anti-corporation thing is absurd. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />[/sblock]&nbsp;So, back on track, from the DM side, what are things I need to know to help the game go smoothly?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jimmifett, post: 5504512, member: 55006"] What are good things to keep in mind when DMing PF, as I never DM'ed 3.x, I never learned those tricks. I can do that in 4e's framework just as easily. Not a valid point for me to pass on to my players. All I'm interested in is the game system itself. [sblock=Skippable Rant Warning] Not to dump on you in particular, just have seen plenty of "Paizo is the besht company EVAR" posts as reasons for me and my group to play. I'm not particularly interested in how Paizo is percieved to run internally to outsiders, or if they have PDFs of everything, or if they ride unicorns over rainbows that rain bacon (a great idea... yum). To me it's fan-(gender) specualtion/adoration of someone's current fave company until cheese gets moved. No company ignores it's customers if they want to survive, no company intentionaly puts out shoddy products if they want to survive. Companies are not required to be transparent or open in thier operation / design. Most companies allocate a budget and time frame to the development of a product as hire the best resources they can find / afford in the timeframe / budget. Most companies have lawyers and bean counters and other corporate suit-types that can put the kabosh on things like PDFs if it is deemed unprofitable or a threat to the bottom line or any other justification whether we as the consumer like it or not. Profit keeps companies in business, simple fact of life. The whole anti-corporation thing is absurd. :p [/sblock] So, back on track, from the DM side, what are things I need to know to help the game go smoothly? [/QUOTE]

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