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.

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.

December 2024 Organized Play Monthly Update

Thursday, December 5, 2024

**OPC Musings**

Happy December! By the time you read this, I’ll be on the ground in Philadelphia, getting set up for PAX Unplugged! If you’re at the show, stop by our space on the gaming floor to say hi and grab an advance copy of the necromancer & runesmith playtest classes. After I get back, it’ll be time to start work on PaizoCon 2025 and Gen Con Indianapolis. Stay tuned next month for information on volunteering for those shows. It’s convention season again forever!

Also, just as a note: starting in 2025, our Organized Play blogs will be moving to Wednesday as we retool the blog schedule. Be sure to update your calendar reminders accordingly!

**Digital Adventure Releases**

These adventures will be available on December 18, 2024. PAX Unplugged attendees will have the chance to play these adventures early!

**Pathfinder Society**

Pathfinder Society Scenario #6-08: Upon Wheels and Rime*

Pathfinder Quest (Series 2) #22: Friends in Need

**Starfinder Society**

Starfinder Society Scenario #7-09: Clutches of the Vault Lord*

*part of a subscription

**Sanctioning**

Another month, another book of divine content! In both senses of the word, really. Pathfinder Lost Omens: Divine Mysteries is now sanctioned for Pathfinder Society play! This includes the web supplement of deities published on the Paizo Blog last month.

This book contains a number of options for divine-focused characters and tells the tale of many gods who are now dead or missing as a result of the War of Immortals. Speaking of which…

**Rule Updates**

Newly Removed Deities and You(r Characters)

The following deities have been removed from Pathfinder Society legality and may not be selected by new or existing characters:

Anubis

Ashukharma

Cernunnos

Grundinnar

Horus

Isis

Lubaiko

Ma’at

Mother Vulture

Osiris

Ra

Sekhmet

Sturovenen

Thoth

Any character with an option that relied on worship of a newly removed deity, such as a cleric, gets a free rebuild immediately. Your characters may be played as written until the end of the year, but after January 1 you will need to use this rebuild to remove any mechanical effects of worshiping that deity.

**Hireling Translators**

The Hireling Translator boon has been updated so the second sentence now reads as follows:

“This ally speaks, reads, and understands Common as well as two additional languages of common rarity or that you have access to, chosen when this boon is purchased.”

The most recent update to the Guide to Organized Play also granted all Pathfinders access to all Uncommon languages. Go forth with your new and improved translators!

**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 two GMs reach their fifth rank!

5th Nova(SFS1): Elizabeth Nold, Solatra Harving

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

**Conventions**

The holidays typically mean events slow down, but we’ve still got some December events to celebrate the season! Check out the Conventions calendar for upcoming events to get your Paizo fix in.

Until next time adventurers - Explore! Report! Cooperate! And have a happy new year!

Alex Speidel

Organized Play Coordinator

I have some friends that want me to join their 1e pathfinder campaign and I would like to do so, but I'm a little too spoiled by the D&D Beyond character builder. Is there something similar for 1e or do I just need to grow up and manually put together a sheet?

Hey everyone, I'm thinking about putting together an Exemplar for a Society character, but given their capital R rarity and divine theming, I wanted to consult the hive mind. At your tables, have you played with/as an Exemplar? Have you found the flavor of the class to be problematic in a traditional Society game? Or do they slot in pretty well alongside Fighters, Rogues, etc?

Any of you eat the demonic heart in 1st edition and feeling some concerns with that cult bringing back that demon means for that character?

Oi, nunca joguei Pathfinder e estou procurando mesa para jogar(preferencialmente on-line), mas estou um pouco perdido como as coisas funcionam aqui e como eu encontro uma mesa, alguém poderia me ajudar por favor?/ Hey, I never played Pathfinder and am searching for a group to play(preferably on-line), but an a little lost in how things work here and how I find a group, could someone hep me please?

I'm trying to look up the boss but i cant find any monster lists or anything. Its the boss on the bridge by the Eternal Lantern

I have a goblin Thaumaturge that just hit level 5. I am trying to figure out which implement I want to get.

I already have the amulet, and I have narrowed it down between the Mirror or the Tome.

The mirror lets you create cool clone and teleport at-will, but it squeezes an already tight action economy. On the other hand, always having a flanking option is great.

The Tome would make it less likely to fail Exploit Vulnerability and make recall knowledge checks, which my location regularly fails, would be better as well.

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Just so you know, I am planning a rebuild, but I am a:

Unbreakable Goblin with Bouncy Golbin

Primary weapon is a Dogslicer (which has backstabber)

Has Diverse Lore and Scroll Thaumaturgy (thinking about getting Talisman Esoterica.)

Armor is currently Studded Leather, but will upgrade to a special breastplate once level/gold gets high enough.