Starting as a new user. Do I need any DLC? > Pathfinder 2E

[Larsenex]

Greetings FG Forum folks,

With the Ultimate licence will I need anything else to run a Pathfinder 2E campaign?

Which forums or better yet you tube videos can you suggest to get me a new user up to speed on how to use and build a world (Pathfinder 2e ruleset)?

Are there macros or scripts which (you all think) I need to learn or how to write, or are they likely available from veteran users on another forum?

Sorry for so many basic questions. I am both diving into the 2E ruleset and also wanting to learn and eventually master using FG.

Thanks.

[Zacchaeus]

Whether you need anything other than the ruleset which comes with the license will depend on how much information you have time to input yourself. You don’t get any content such as handbooks, bestiaries etc those are separate purchases.

I don’t think there are any extensions as yet for PFRPG2, but if you are new to the software i’d Suggest you don’t use extensions until you are familiar with how it should work.

You’ll get a lot more detail on the PFRPG forum below.

[aellongm]

The ruleset is enough if you don't mind doing quite a bit of manual typing to set up spells and effects, the books simply give you access to things all written out, saving you time.

[Bidmaron]

I would rather cut off body parts. Unless you only want to enter exactly what you are using, the rulebook is 640 pages! Good luck with that! Whereas with the ruleset and CRB purchased, you can make up characters quite liberally.

[Trenloe]

The Core Rules have over 400 spells, over 800 feats, over 1,000 magic items... Plus ancestries, classes, backgrounds, weapons, armor, shields, etc.. And a fully formatted reference manual. Sure, you can enter them all in manually (I specifically made the ruleset so you can enter in all drag/drop data), although the reference manual would require additional tools or manual coding. It took me well over 200 hours to do all the data entry, plus @damned a similar amount of time for the reference manual, and that was with access to the original text from Paizo (copy/paste of the PDF text is not 100% accurate and/or requires manual formatting) and in-house FG parsing tools.

In the end, it all depends on how valuable your free time is to you. If you want to save money and you have lots of free time, then enter the data manually. Otherwise, to be perfectly frank, if you're doing anything other than tinkering you'd be nuts to enter the data yourself! Or, maybe more accurately, you'll be nuts after spending a few hours entering data - that's certainly what I felt a few times!!! ;)

[Larsenex]

I purchased the Core rule book here.
love it. Thank you for your hard work Trenloe.

if the boom is opened as a module..then all its contents are in my FG, right?

[Trenloe]

if the boom is opened as a module..then all its contents are in my FG, right?
Yes.

[LordEntrails]

Since PF2 is a new game, I strongly encourage people to consider not buying the hard covers. I mean if you buy it in FG, then you have everything. It's FG ready, it's in FG as a Reference Manual, and you get the PDF free.

I've done this with 5E. Don't have a single hard cover. Not been a problem for me.

[Larsenex]

LordE, I got the hard covers first and realized I want the core books in FG. I paid full price > 5999 for the FG crb, would I still get the pdf? Where is it?

[Trenloe]

Where is it?
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/store/syncPaizoAccount.xcp

And here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/wiki/index.php/Sync_Your_Fantasy_Grounds_Account_To_Paizo

[JohnD]

Pathfinder of any version isn't my thing but generally speaking there's huge value in the DLC for rulebooks etc....

Unless you have more time than money.

Personally, I'd rather be actually gaming with my gaming/hobby time than doing the drudgery of entering data... as much as possible at least.

[Ampersandrew]

Since PF2 is a new game, I strongly encourage people to consider not buying the hard covers. I mean if you buy it in FG, then you have everything. It's FG ready, it's in FG as a Reference Manual, and you get the PDF free.

This is my plan for PF2e, I will only be buying hard copies of the APs. No rule books.

[jovekos]

Quick ? Alchemical (bomb, elixir, ext.....) are they entered in the core? thanks

[Trenloe]

Quick ? Alchemical (bomb, elixir, ext.....) are they entered in the core? thanks
They're entered as items in the Core Rules DLC. You can drag/drop them to your inventory, but at this time there is no further automation - there will be in a future ruleset release.

[The High Druid]

I've done this with 5E. Don't have a single hard cover. Not been a problem for me.

Same. Though I think my 2nd and 3rd edition books are starting to get lonely.

[notrealdan]

Since PF2 is a new game, I strongly encourage people to consider not buying the hard covers. I mean if you buy it in FG, then you have everything. It's FG ready, it's in FG as a Reference Manual, and you get the PDF free.

I've done this with 5E. Don't have a single hard cover. Not been a problem for me.

Same here, but I have most of the 5e hardcover books anyways. Electronic versions are much more useful than the hardcovers, but there's still something I like about flipping through the hardcover books. So when a new one comes out I put it on my Amazon wishlist. Then they just tend to appear around the holidays. :)

[windyridge]

I just bought PF2 today and I have the book also which I don't mind. I love books. Just finished my first character and wow. It's brilliant and pretty intuitive. Great work Trenloe. The only problem now is there are very few games listed!

[Nylanfs]

Solution: Start one. :P

[windyridge]

I'm a fairly new player so I have little experience, let alone GMing a game.

[LordEntrails]

Jump in a game for www.fg-con.com !