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/

Pathfinder Society has an enormous number of scenarios, especially from 1st Edition. The problem is that if you simply play them in numerical order, the story jumps all over the place. Characters travel between unrelated missions, NPCs appear once and disappear, and the narrative rarely feels like a continuous campaign.

So here is the challenge.

Create a sequence of Pathfinder Society scenarios that can be played back to back on a single character from level 1 to level 12, while still forming a coherent narrative experience.

The goal is to identify scenarios that:

• Follow a logical story progression • Revisit related factions, locations, or NPCs • Progress naturally through the level ranges 

In other words, try to build something that feels less like disconnected missions and more like a Pathfinder Society “Adventure Path” made entirely from scenarios.

You do not need to use strictly consecutive scenario numbers. The focus is on story cohesion and level progression, not publication order.

If you were guiding a single character through Pathfinder Society and wanted it to feel like a continuous campaign, which scenarios would you choose and in what order?

Did Paizo ever a make a Shifter Pregen like that did for all of the other classes (Kyra, Valeros, Meriseil, Ezren. etc)? if so could someone please provide a link?

I had an idea once about an investigator who specialized in bluff, intimidation, diplomacy, knowledge local, knowledge religion, and perception.

Essentially the character was a stay at home mom whose kids all moved out of the house. She grew bored with life. Upon self reflection to decide what her next chapter would be, she realizes she loves gossip and solving mysteries. So she opens up her own private investigation business to help with solving local crimes. With her skills from being a stay at home mom of four kids, she actually does quite well in digging up clues. Typically by rifling through areas she has no business being, and having no personal boundaries when it comes to laws on breaking and entering.

She also is quite suited for getting information she needs from both witnesses and suspects by being able to play both the ‘good cop, bad cop’, routine all by herself like she has done so many times for her own kids. Her matronly nature and initial kindness works in her favor as people tend to underestimate someone who looks like and has been someone who’s been out of the work force for 20+ years.

So what would be some character build idea you’ve had that you know you’ll never get to use? For reasons unknown [I.E. GM would not allow such absurdity to enter his/her game.]

So, the site made a huge update on the amount of information we can put in there, as well as including the last seasons of society play as well.

One of those features is being able to tag and adventure with "Play wishlist". However, I can't seem to find any feature that allows me to filter or search said wishlist.

Does anyone know how to do so?

Newly back to the area and wish to play 1e Pathfinders or 3.5 D&D. Started in 1983 with Believe it or not, Chainmail 3 book set.😄 Moved on to AD&D 1st and 2nd eds, 3rd, 3.5, then 5th. Yes, my math is correct.😉

Heard of Pathfinders , late coming to it, but loved the newness of it. Really liked the character changes and modifications to the ruleset.

Tried 2nd, wasn't impressed.

So, that's the rundown of where I'm at with those two..three?

Please let me know if there are any group willing to assimilate a "newb".

I live in Hillsboro, but I am a busrider, however that affects things, just thought it was a marginally important factoid.

Thanks for your consideration of this RPG'er!

- Voz the Stampede

I'm getting an opportunity to do some SFS2e and PFS2e in a few months after a long hiatus and had some limbo GM baby PCs to go build. I made of list of fun builds to go try and a few of them were shelved due to uncommon option availability. I was wondering if any of the following boons are available in the system:

PF2e:

• Jalmeri Heavenseeker (post fix) (most requested in the boon request forum but I haven't been paying attention closely if they made it available in the last few years)
• Amphisbaena Handwraps (didn't see it in the howl of the wild avid collector list)
• Any SF2e classes (specifically mystic and maybe witchwarper)

SF2e:

• Aiuvarin/half elf (I see legacy elf -> but does that give you half elf?
• Any PF2e content beyond ~5 legacy races?

Since house Thrune has a deal with Hell (giving them devils as soldiers and advisers), how would a devil reacts if summoned by one of them? Would it be willing to help them, as long as it doesn’t contradict its evil nature and the interests of hell? If any, would the demands be different from any other how cast the spell?

How different types of devils would react: erynes, ice devils, immolation, and pit fiends?

I want to know what you guys think of bringing Inner Sea pastimes into everyday life. I like gambling games like Twentybone (P1 GMG) and Bounder but I would also like to try some of the other aspects of everyday life. The Lost Omens Travel Guide has some tasty recipes and a noble feast, but has anyone looked into other hobbies like Tolpug Whittling or Stile Art? Also, has anyone tried to come up with a ruleset to Imperial Conquest? Looking forward to hearing what y'all come up with.

Hello! I'm a longtime PF2e GM and online PFS player preparing for my first time running it in person for randoms at a convention. I've never GMed PFS before nor played PFS in person, so I've got a bunch of questions about mechanically how it works.

1. The convention itself is fairly small and does not typically host PF2e games. Do they or I need to do anything in terms of like... registering the site/event as a sanctioned PFS game or something? Is there anything specific I should do in advance of the game to prep?
2. What do I need to bring, beyond basic gameplay materials? Do I need a sheet for people to write down their society numbers? Are there official documents I can just print off and use (I did find the organized play sign up cards, which seem handy)?
3. How does PFS handle players that are just there to play and don't care about the society elements? Do they need to sign up or anything?
4. Can players join the game without their own character, and instead just use an appropriately leveled pregen/iconic? Do they still get rewards? If so, can they assign those rewards later to another character?
5. Can people play with non-PFS-legal characters? What happens to their rewards?
6. Any recommendations on scenarios to run? Likely aiming for level 1 for a group that will probably be a mix of experience levels.
7. Final question... If no-one at the table cares much about the society aspect of the game, can I still get credit for GMing if I go a little off-script and don't adhere hard to things like treasure bundles, modify encounters, etc.? I don't want folks to get turned off if they're not into the somewhat structured and prescriptive approach of PFS. tbh, I'm not even sure I care about the credit, I think I'd be more running it in case there is someone excited to get some in-person XP on their PFS character.

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?