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/

Hi there, I'm Esme Silverthorn!

I love RPGS and I am a D&D veteran from ADND, I will be doing my first proper Pathfinder 1ed LORE stream (going through the mod "First steps, part 1) with chat! If you are a veteran or even an interested party who wants to educate us or play Pathfinder with us, please jump on in I'll be live for the next 5 hours! <3

https://twitch.tv/esmesilverthorn

I have been thinking about making a character become as disruptive as possible. What I would mean is making a character Lawful chaotic in essence. Wherever the character goes, he/she has a high knowledge local. Whenever necessary or able to do so, the character would purposefully exploit loop holes in local laws and customs to be as annoying as possible while still being within the confines of the law.

Everyone would know this person and the officials would hate him/her as they can’t do anything to stop this person from doing what they do unless they change their laws.

I was thinking about having sneak and disguise being key factors in this build. What else would be great to make this person as effective as possible?

Not just party roles but like full on optimal class picks for a 5 player party

I know people dislike these munchkin type posts but I'm curious if there's a perfect formula for this

To help reduce the misconception of what sub this is I will work on a monthly Society update. Here is the link to the Paizo Monthly Update blog post.

November 2024 Organized Play Monthly Update

Organized Play Community SurveySanctioning UpdateGuide to Organized Play RevisionsGM RecognitionConventionsUntil next time adventurers—Explore! Report! Cooperate! And don’t forget to fill out the survey!

I recently played Wrath of the Righteous and now I really want to see a re-release of the game as a tabletop campaign, like what Paizo did with Kingmaker. Does anyone know if there are plans to update the tabletop campaign to match the game? Would buy it without thinking.

I haven't played in a special, but a convention near me might need an extra GM for the special to be able to happen. I have GMed in Society a few times, so how different is that from being a table GM (not the overseer) for a special? Where does the interaction come in?

Hey gang, I'm looking at helping the Pathfinder Society gms at my LGS starting next week, and I'm not at all familiar with pfs.

I used to run Adventurers League writing my own unpublished dungeoncraft adventures and alternate game systems on pathfinder night cos I wanted to run something other than traditional fantasy, but then Thursday nights fell through due to a lack of gms for pfs.

Now the LGS wants to start up Thursdays again for the summer (ozzie ozzie ozzie!) but they only have the one gm for pathfinder (same problem they had last time) so I tossed my hat in the ring because I have no intention of buying dnd 6th AI edition.

The one thing that has struck me is how rigid they pfs ruleset is comparatively. There's no options to write your own adventures, either. I've got to admit that that makes me hesitant more than anything else.

Reading the absalom initiation, it's giving me anxiety thinking about having to try and get 4 separate missions done in 4 hours and still having time for role play. It feels like I'd be rushed all night, and that doesn't sound fun to me.

Does anyone have any starter gm tips they can give?

The main gm tells me it's not a good idea to split adventures into 2 sessions because of the reporting side of things. So how the he'll do you not make absalom initiation not feel rushed? Help?

The Organized Play Community Survey is now live! Whether you're a long-time participant or simply Society-curious, we'd love your feedback on how to improve our programs. Take the short survey below!

https://paizo.me/3NKzGrV