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.

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So me and my group have been playing D&D 5e for ages and with the new 5.5 we were disappointed how it felt exactly the same and its lack of of complexity and options. Recently I've been playing Owlcats Wrath of the Righteous and been loving it so I looked into pathfinder but I'm pretty confused where to start. Would it be better to go with the established 1e or the new and updated 2e? Also seems like 2e had a small soft reboot where they took out alignment which was something i liked so that was disappointing.

TLDR: which edition would you recommend to some dnd 5e players who want more options and complexity and where should I start?

I stopped playing Pathfinder Society in mid August of 2024. Looking online, I found there was apparently a time gated free rebuild for premaster characters, which I missed the window for due to not playing in quite a long time. I was playing a Catfolk Barbarian (with the bought boon for 80pts, created shortly before August 2024.)

Is there any way to rebuild to be the remastered Barbarian? And if so, why did they time gate the free rebuild? And would I be able to refund the boon since Catfolk are free Ancestries now, or am I permanently out of those points because of building my Barbarian prior to PC2?

From what I can find online it seems that I can't rebuild my Barbarian to the remaster build as it's past the free time and he's already level 3, not would I be able to refund that boon. Is that accurate?

Thank you for your time, what I can find online has been... Quite difficult to parse in places.

Hello everyone, I have an character idea but I am unsure if it will work.
Was thinking of a lyunx like catfolk that is a time mystery oracle with the clouded vision curse.
I was otherwise thinking of spliting this up. the oracle would than be a half elf. The catfolk is something i must hink more about.
Any tips or suggestions?

On Sunday we played our first shorter scenario. I've heard people complaining about how short and unfulfilling the Starfinder organised play stuff is and I was worried it would feel the same with pathfinder.

Honestly, it does. Two short story bits, two short combats, all done. It felt so utterly nothingy and now I'm really worried that this is going to be the norm for the game.

I think it might be fine when you're playing online but I go to a physical location, it's sort of an "event" and while it can be frustrating trying to fit it into 4 hours this feels like over correction.

Has anyone else experienced the new ones (and the starfinder ones) and wants them to change course?

To be clear here I'm NOT criticising the writing, just the pacing and timings of the new stuff.

So my group just finished the second book of season of ghosts and the chronicle sheet includes two boons that say "This character gains access to the following spells".

My question is: if for example one of those spells is primal/divine and the character that received the boon is an occult caster can they still add them to their spell repertoire? Or only the spells that are already in the occult spell list?

https://2e.aonprd.com/Conditions.aspx?ID=63

The "Confused" condition says "Targets determined randomly by the GM." Does that include allies?

The Returning rune has the usage: "etched onto a thrown weapon." Does this mean that the weapon *must* have the Thrown trait at the time the rune is etched? Or just that the item must be able to be used as part of a thrown attack at some point? Examples I can think of are the Exemplar feat Hurl at the Horizon and the Shield Throw trait.

In the case of Hurl at the Horizon, the weapon has the Thrown trait as long as the Exemplar's spark is imbued in the item. Given that this has no duration, I assume the Exemplar could keep their spark in the item long enough for the Craft action to complete, resulting in a weapon that typically couldn't hold Returning having the rune. Does the rune simply go dormant when the Exemplar Shifts Immanence?

Also, the case of the Shield Throw trait: "A shield with this trait is designed to be thrown as a ranged attack. When thrown, the shield is a martial thrown ranged weapon. Its damage dice and type are the same as its shield bash attack, but if the shield includes an attached weapon or integrated weapon, you can choose to attack with it instead when you throw the shield." This seems to mean that the shield is only considered a thrown weapon during the Strike. Furthermore, it isn't entirely clear to me if an attached Shield Boss also becomes a thrown ranged weapon during the strike. Can the rune be inscribed onto a Shield Boss in this case? What about the shield itself?

I'm asking this question here because the latter option is something I was considering for my Society play character, but I won't take it if there's a chance of my character being rejected by some portion of Society GMs.

I'm not sure if the tag is correct.
Me and my friend group are completely new to Pathfinder, but have played DnD 5e before.
Where in DnD a wizard could throw Firebolts for 1D10 fire damage as a cantrip my Arcanists best damaging cantrip is Acid Splash for 1D3...
I haven't found and good damaging spells for first level either.
Again the DnD comparison,
Lvl 1 evocation spell, 90ft range, 1 action.
3D8 damage of any type +1D8 per spell level above first.
And in Pathfinder I have, Corrosive Touch, A melee spell that deals 1D4 dmg?
I understand that it scales with the caster level and that at fifth level it's a first level spell that deals 5D4, but in the early game I feel it is useless to even fight and not just healbot when the Rogue dealt about 10dmg every turn.