Welcome to /r/Pathfinder, a subreddit for the Society-offshoot of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Pathfinder Society (or PFS) is a weekly organized campaign, typically played at a local game store or similar venue. You can find more information on PFS at the official about page on Paizo's site.

Full explanation of the history of the "split" can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder_RPG/comments/1970yw/z/c8lj1xd

To head off the usual questions:
* No, you can't just merge subreddits.
* No, I'm not closing /r/Pathfinder_RPG and redirecting everyone over here.
* No, I'm not closing this subreddit and opening another one.
* Yes, I do suck. And I am dumb.

This is to allow artists to still advertise while not flooding the sub with advertisement.

For background on this see: https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder/comments/114vbhj/can_we_ban_art_commission_posts/

Digital Adventure Releases

The following adventures were released on January 7, 2026.

Pathfinder Society Scenario #7-09: The Chitterwood Walks, Part 1: Scrambling the Tribes
Pathfinder Society Scenario #7-10: Shattered Blades

Starfinder Society Scenario 1-13: Foul Humors
Starfinder Society Scenario 1-14: The Beasts of Bo: Part One

The following adventures will be released on February 4, 2026, and may be run at events beginning on that date.

Pathfinder Society Scenario #7-11: The Darkness Within
Pathfinder Society Scenario #7-12: The Chitterwood Walks, Part 2: The Battle of Logas

Starfinder Society Scenario 1-15: Ruins of the World Soul
Starfinder Society Scenario 1-16: The Beasts of Bo: Part Two

Pathfinder Society News

With the launch of our January scenarios, Pathfinder Society scenarios have switched to our new format to more closely mirror Starfinder Society scenarios. All scenarios are now 2-3 hours and allow play in a two-level range. Combat adjustments are also more fluid, with an easier and harder adjustment provided to GMs to use as they see fit.

Starfinder Society News

A whole starship cargo bay of Starfinder Society news for you this month!

Accessory Perks

An Accessory Perks program is now available for Starfinder Society (second edition)! This program provides players benefits for bringing Paizo- or Starfinder-branded accessories with them to game sessions. This program also reintroduces benefits for Campaign Coin holders to the program. You can view these perks on the newly redesigned Accessory Perks page!

Cancelled Scenario

Eagle-eyed viewers may notice that a new batch of Starfinder Society scenarios are live in the Paizo store, but that we jumped straight from #1-18 to #1-20. Starfinder Society Scenario #1-19 was critically delayed due to a combination of production factors, and we have made the difficult decision to cancel it. For bookkeeping reasons, at this point in the production cycle it's easier for us to simply leave a hole in the numbering system rather than adjust all future scenarios.

Game Master Ranks

We intend to roll out a system of Game Master ranks at Gen Con 2026 with the launch of Starfinder Society Year 2. We’ll discuss the requirements for this honor closer to the year launch, but there’s a very important matter to be settled first.

We can’t decide what they should be called. So we’re asking you for help!

Please take five minutes and complete our GM rank survey to weigh in on possible names for GM ranks in Starfinder Society (second edition). These will stand alongside Stars (PFS1), Glyphs (PFS2), and Novas (SFS1) as a way to recognize our dedicated GMs.

This survey will close on February 11, 2026.

>> GM Rank Survey Link <<

GM Recognition

GM Ranks

Whether stars, glyphs, novas, or a secret fourth thing, 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 two GMs reach their fifth rank!

5th Glyph (PFS2): Belor McCracken, redeux

If you believe you’ve completed your 5th rank but haven’t been announced yet, please email me at [organizedplay@paizo.com](mailto:organizedplay@paizo.com).

Upcoming Events

The winter season tends to be a quieter time for Organized Play, but plenty of local events can still be found on our conventions calendar! Stay tuned to the blog for information on joining our all-star GM team at PaizoCon Online and Gen Con!

Until next time—explore! report! cooperate! and happy new year!

Alex Speidel
Convention and Organized Play Manager

I’m new in PathFinder and I’m trying to play with arcane archer, but I can’t figure out what is the bonus that it gives to a arrow. Can u guys help me?

So I ran malevolence for friends recently and just noticed it's society sanctioned. We've also just gotten into society play so it would be nice to get a little credit. I've been looking at the rules and it seems like I can just record the adventure online and then people can apply the credit to whatever character they like? I'm pretty new at society stuff so don't want to commit a faux pas and I'm a little confused about this aspect of it.

Hello everyone, I'm a newcomer who just started with Pathfinder. I want to experience the complete PFS1 scenarios from Season 0 through Season 10. Is there a recommended play order that makes sense both story-wise and level-wise?

I've noticed that some scenarios with connected storylines span across different seasons. Does this mean it would be more suitable to play them cross-season rather than going season by season?

So the only PFS I've ever played was the couple sessions of the beginner box on discord a while back, and even then that wasn't quite PFS with all the character building rules. At the time I played an elf nephilim diabolic sorcerer, which was fairly normal and didn't have anythnng weird going on. I like to make characters though, and I have a few OC babies that I would like to play in PFS, but I don't want my less optimized flavorful choices to make people mad.

So, would you be upset to see a draconic sorcerer with 3 str and 1 dex for an AC of 14 at lvl 1 at your table? How problematic would a mostly backline character be with super low AC?

So continuing on with a new monthly appreciation with the Third Party. We don't often think about Third Party and Pathfinder Society going together, but can you imagine the game without Pathbuilder or Archives of Nethys?

Who are your favorite third party providers? Character builders, online rules, apps, background sounds, or that random spreadsheet that makes your life easier. Open everyone's eyes to your favorite third party accessory and how it made an impact to you!

Evening friends. Is anyone else having issues accessing Organized Play on the website? Neither my pre-store upgrade or post-upgrade passwords are working and trying to reset just ends on an error page. Is this just me or a known thing we just need to be patient about?

*edit* I was able to get a password reset sent this time, working fine now

Hey!

Which version of Pathfinder you prefer, and why?

I hear many people say 1e is more complex. How can this be, since the 2e uses the 3-action-economy, which in my eye makes things a LOT more versatile and complex in battle. Is it the character build that feels more complex, then?

I got a 1e Beginner Box, I'm loving the content in there. I've also looked into the 2e as well, and it looks pretty neat. But I'm just learning thru the 1e to see what's the hype about around it. I'm more into solo-play.

This is to allow artists to still advertise while not flooding the sub with advertisement.

For background on this see: https://www.reddit.com/r/Pathfinder/comments/114vbhj/can_we_ban_art_commission_posts/