Serpent's Skull support materials

[Savage Wombat]

My players seem to be interested in the Serpent's Skull AP. Sounds good.

For those who have GMd the adventure, what support materials would you recommend purchasing? If there are supplemental rules that enhance the play experience, or character options that contribute highly to the game, I'd like to know about it.

I do not have any Pathfinder campaign world books at this time, and do not want to invest too much cash in expanding at random.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Traveon Wyvernspur]

Needed:
The Core Rulebook
The GameMastery Guide
The Bestiaries - 1-3 (more monsters are more fun to me) you can get the free "bonus bestiary" as a PDF here.
The Serpent Skull Adventure Path - of course
Grab some Gaming Paper or [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Chessex-Role-Playing-Play-Mat/dp/B0015IUAAG/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1338850107&sr=8-3"]Gaming Mat[/ame] that allows you to use wet erase markers to keep track of where everyone is on the battlefield.

Highly Recommended:
The Advanced Players Guide - A ton more rules, classes, gear and options. Nice to have if you want to delve into the material a bit more.
Gaming Initiative Tracker - Great way to hand this off to one of the other guys so that they keep track of the order for you leaving the rules and hp tracking to you so that you have less to bog you down.

Great to have for more options:
Ultimate Magic
Ultimate Combat

 

[mr_outsidevoice]

Sargava The Lost Colony and Heart of the Jungle as well.

 

[Crothian]

If cost is a big concern then save money on all those rules books and just use

Pathfinder_OGC

I'd buy that AP, the map pack, Sargava The Lost Colony and Heart of the Jungle for additional setting ideas.

 

[SteelDraco]

Speaking as one of the potential players...

We already have the Pathfinder setting-free rules stuff - the core rules, the APG, UM, UC, that kind of thing. We've already done a fairly long-term campaign using the Pathfinder system, so we're good on that.

However, nobody in the group has invested in the Golarion setting, or any of the supplemental material around the Adventure Paths. I know they did things like item cards, NPC cards, and map packs that would be helpful, and it seemed like Paizo tied these things to the APs as they came out. Which of those are associated with the Serpent's Skull AP?

 

[doubleplusgood]

You'll want some dice. And not just six sided dice. Pathfinder uses four, eight, ten, twelve and even twenty sided dice! They come in many different colors. Check out your local gaming store now.

 

[Zil]

You might want to consider Atlas Games Nyambe d20 book. It's not Golarion, but there might be some ideas you can borrow from there if you are interested in expanding or customizing the adventure. You can find it for a low price at paizo.