Need clarification for crafting in PFS


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Scarab Sages 3/5

Quote:
...Additionally, except for specific examples cited in this guide or the Pathfinder Society FAQ, the Craft skill is not legal for play and crafting of mundane items is not allowed in Pathfinder Society....

After searching the new 4.1 guidelines and the FAQ I can find only 3 specific examples: Latern Lodge member with the Meticulous Artisan trait, Alchemist (craft alchemy), Rogue with Poisoner Archtype (craft alchemy).

Is it really the organizers' intention that these are the only PCs who can legally train a craft skill? Under "Day Job" a "trained craft" is mentioned, but by my reading, only three not many PCs can even train it?

Grand Lodge

Pathfinder PF Special Edition, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber
Quishadi wrote:
Quote:
...Additionally, except for specific examples cited in this guide or the Pathfinder Society FAQ, the Craft skill is not legal for play and crafting of mundane items is not allowed in Pathfinder Society....

After searching the new 4.1 guidelines and the FAQ I can find only 3 specific examples: Latern Lodge member with the Meticulous Artisan trait, Alchemist (craft alchemy), Rogue with Poisoner Archtype (craft alchemy).

Is it really the organizers' intention that these are the only PCs who can legally train a craft skill? Under "Day Job" a "trained craft" is mentioned, but by my reading, only three not many PCs can even train it?

You can train a craft skill for day job purposes.

Liberty's Edge 4/5 5/55/5 **

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LazarX wrote:
You can train a craft skill for day job purposes.

They are also used many times for success in Faction missions and other checks during scenarios.

What the line is supposed to mean is that you can't use Craft Skill to craft Items other than those mentioned in the Guide *Alchemist and Poisoner*.

Scarab Sages 3/5

Dragnmoon - I know that craft skills are used in missions, and in all honesty, what you and LazarX said is what I assumed/hoped they meant. However that is *NOT* what is written. I know that the organizers are trying to limit the size of the document, but clarity should win out over brevity every time. And seriously, the the phrase "the Craft skill is not legal for play" should not have appeared anywhere in that document. That *IS* a clear statement, but apparently it is not at all what was intended.

Thank you.

5/5

LazarX and Dragnmoon are correct.

While I would tend to agree with you on the matter of brevity, the Day Job section is yet one more "specific example" refering to the use of Craft skills in PFS.

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