GameMastery Guide

GameMastery Guide
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Author(s)	F. Wesley Schneider et al.
Publisher	Paizo Publishing, LLC
Price	Print: $39.99
Released	June 2010
Type	Core
Binding	Hardcover
Pages	320 pages
ISBN	ISBN 978-1-60125-217-3
Rules set	PFRPG
Series	Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
Follows	GM Screen
Precedes	Advanced Player's Guide
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The GameMastery Guide, a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game rule book, written by Cam Banks, Wolfgang Baur, Jason Bulmahn, Jim Butler, Eric Cagle, Graeme Davis, Adam Daigle, Joshua J. Frost, James Jacobs, Kenneth Hite, Steve Kenson, Robin Laws, Tito Leati, Rob McCreary, Hal Maclean, Colin McComb, Amber Scott, F. Wesley Schneider, Sean K Reynolds, Russ Taylor, Penny Williams, Skip Williams, Teeuwynn Woodruff, Jason Nelson, David Noonan, Richard Pett, Rich Redman, Doug Seacat, Mike Selinker, Lisa Stevens, and James L. Sutter, was released in June 2010.

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Rule Your World! Players may be the heroes of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, but whole worlds rest on the Game Master’s shoulders. Fortunately for GMs, the Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide is here to back you up. Packed with invaluable hints and information, this book contains everything you need to take your game to the next level, from advice on the nuts and bolts of running a session to the greater mysteries of crafting engaging worlds and storylines. Whether you’ve run one game or a thousand, this book has page after page of secrets to make you sharper, faster, and more creative, while always staying one step ahead of your players. The 320-page Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide is a must-have companion volume to the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook. This imaginative tabletop game builds upon more than 10 years of system development and an Open Playtest featuring more than 50,000 gamers to create a cutting-edge RPG experience that brings the all-time best-selling set of fantasy rules into the new millennium. The Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide includes: Tips and tricks for preparing and running a better game, suitable for beginning GMs and battle-hardened veterans. Step-by-step walkthroughs for creating campaign worlds, cities, cosmologies, feudal systems, and alternate dimensions. Difficult player types, and how to handle them gracefully. New rules for subsystems like hauntings, chase scenes, fortune-telling, gambling games, mysteries, and insanity. Charts to help you generate everything from interesting NPCs and fantastic treasures to instant encounters in any terrain. Advanced topics such as PC death, game-breaking rules, overpowered parties, solo campaigns, and derailed storylines. Sample NPC statistics for dozens of common adventuring situations, such as cultists, guardsmen, barmaids, and pirates. AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!

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