Digital Adventure Releases
These adventures will be available on February 26, 2025.
Pathfinder Society
Pathfinder Society Scenario #6-11: The Godsrain and the Dragon*
Pathfinder Quest (Series 2) #23: Lacking Respect
Starfinder Society
Starfinder Society Scenario #7-11: Breaking the Crucible*
*part of a subscription
2025 Major Conventions
GM applications are now open for this summer’s major conventions! Join us at PaizoCon Online, Gen Con Indianapolis, or Origins! All GMs receive rewards based on how many slots they run, including Paizo vouchers, free badges for the show, and even Paizo products or housing at the highest slots. No Organized Play experience is necessary; if you’ve run our games, we can teach you everything you need to run scenarios, quests and demos for the community. Come and join us this summer!
Gen Con & Origins Information || PaizoCon Online Information
Character Options Updates
Last week, we released the remastered version of Guns & Gears. While most options didn’t change much in this refresh, the sanctioning has been updated and is available on the Character Options page. Most notably, we’ve simplified the access requirements for many of the uncommon options in this book, thus defeating my least-favorite part of this page.
We also took this opportunity to refresh the rest of the page! In addition to updating the layout, we also went through many of the old books and updated things that had changed because of the Pathfinder Remaster or otherwise needed a refresh. The full changelog is available on the Character Options page, but I’ll include it below for your reference.
Character Options Updates
- Player Core
- Removed clarifications on spellcasting archetypes, Primal Howl and Ceremonial Knife reflected in Fall 2024 errata
- Removed familiar abilities for Baba Yaga & Mosquito Witch and temporary sanctification information to reflect Divine Mysteries
- Removed temporary rules for draconic options to reflect Player Core 2
- Formally removed Gorum from play
- GM Core
- Removed clarifications on chaplain’s cudgel and potion of emergency escape reflected in Fall 2024 errata
- Player Core 2
- Removed clarifications on Thunder God’s Fan, oracle spells, You’re Next, Champion’s Aura for multiclass archetype and Dual-Weapon Reload reflected in Fall 2024 errata
- Secrets of Magic
- Permitted inner radiance torrent for play after changes in Fall 2024 errata
- Howl of the Wild
- Permitted Beastmaster archetype expansion feats to reflect Player Core 2 release
- Removed clarifications on Alarming Disappearance and Hardshell Surki reflected in Fall 2024 errata
- Guns & Gears
- Expanded access requirements around uncommon options
- Updated option availability & clarifications based on Remaster re-release
- Core Rulebook
- Updated text on Remastered classes to reflect Player Core 2 release
- Added clarification on true strike to mirror sure strike errata
- Removed clarifications on access to regional languages now that all Pathfinders have access to all Uncommon regional languages
- Advanced Player’s Guide
- Added text about Remastered classes to reflect Player Core 2 release
- Updated ancestry access to reflect current rules
- Moved the following options to standard access to reflect Player Core 2 release: A Home in Every Port; Biographical Eye; Consult the Spirits; Underground Network; earthsight box; Connect the Dots; Whodunnit?; Plot the Future; ghostly tragedy
- Lost Omens Gods & Magic
- Added a number of deities to the Restricted list to reflect Divine Mysteries
- Lost Omens Character Guide
- Removed amurrun from list of lizardfolk ancestry languages
- Lost Omens Mwangi Expanse
- Removed Lubaiko to reflect Divine Mysteries
- Lost Omens Divine Mysteries
- Granted subconscious suggestion as a replacement for glimmer of charm
The Future of Starfinder Society
Since our last update, the product page for the final Starfinder Society adventure for first edition has been posted! This grand finale, written by Thurston Hillman, is an unquestionably epic to the Starfinder Society’s eight-year journey. We recommend veteran players take careful note that this scenario is intended as a finale for your characters and may permanently remove them from play. Be sure their to-do list is cleared before sending them into the Scoured Stars one final time! Tables of this adventure will be available at PaizoCon Online and Gen Con.
As First Edition draws to a close, we know you’re all hungry for information about Starfinder Society for Second Edition. We’re just as excited to share the information! Tune into the Paizo blog for a weekly series on Starfinder Society Second Edition—beginning on Tuesday, April 8—where we’ll begin rolling out the interstellar carpet for our newest program. SFS2 will launch at Gen Con 2025, so get your badges now for our launch event!
GM Recognition
GM Ranks
Whether stars, novas, or glyphs, achieving a 5 ranking in any program involves a substantial amount of time. To achieve the 5th milestone, a GM must run 150 games, of which at least 50 must be unique scenarios and 10 special scenarios as well as run between one and three games for venture-captains (program dependent). A conservative estimate of the time needed to reach the 5th milestone is 650 hours!
This month we had three GMs reach their fifth rank!
5th Nova(SFS1): Josh Ericson, Sandra Wilkinson
5th Star (PFS1): Colin Chen
If you believe you’ve completed your 5th rank but haven’t been announced yet, please email me at organizedplay@paizo.com.
Conventions
As we move into spring, the convention season begins once again! This weekend is a federal holiday in America, and we have six conventions running several hundred tables this weekend alone! Check out the Conventions calendar for upcoming events in your area.
I’m also excited to announce that, this March, I will be attending Coscon in Butler, PA (just outside my hometown of Pittsburgh!) as well as GalaxyCon Richmond in Virginia. If you’re in the area for either of these, I’d love to say hi!
Until next time adventurers – Explore! Report! Cooperate! And get those GM applications in!
Alex Speidel
Organized Play Coordinator
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