Level Range for Sanctioned Modules in Season Five

[JimmySC]

I may in fact be blind, or simply overlooking it, and I'm going to feel like an idiot if so, but... was the level range information for Sanctioned Modules accidentally (or intentionally?) removed from version 5.0 of the Guide to PFS Organized Play? Looking through Chapter 6: Sanctioned Modules and Adventure Paths, I'm not able to find anything relevant to level range for Sanctioned Modules. There is a section "Legal Pathfinder Society Characters" in Chapter 6, but it only discusses using pre-gens for content below 9th-level, and running an entire AP - it doesn't even discuss what normally is considered a legal pathfinder society character for a module or AP. From searching the boards, I found this thread at that references a line in v4.2 of the Guide, that specifically states "all players must use an existing Pathfinder Society character (without modification) within 1 level of the module’s starting level.", but I can't find that line in the current version of the guide. Was that information moved outside of the Guide to another location?

[Zandari]

JimmySC, you raise an excellent observation.

In V4.3, on page 29, there is a statement at the beginning of the section entitled "Legal Pathfinder Society Characters" that reads as follows:

"All players must use an existing Pathfinder Society character (without modification) within 1 level of the starting level of the sanctioned content from a Pathfinder Module or Pathfinder Adventure Path."

That paragraph is quite clearly gone from V5.0 and V5.01.

[Caderyn]

It was removed because it no longer makes sense for example dragons demand is for level 1-7 (technically that phrase would make any part of it legal for a character from level 1-8 which is not the case).

Currently the only requirement is that you are able to apply the credit to the PC that you played it with (which for modules requires you to be within the level range indicated on the chronicle sheet for the applicable section).

[Jeff Merola]

Not to mention part of Thornkeep is a level 5 module that was sanctioned for levels 5-7.

So yeah, it wasn't accurate anymore.

[JimmySC]

Ah I see, that would make some sense. I've been looking primarily at Masters of the Fallen Fortress, which only lists Tier 1, and didn't realize the other modules do in fact list an actual level range on their Chronicle sheet. So then Masters of the Fallen Fortress would only be legal for level 1's to play through?

It's a little odd they changed it without mentioning it in the change log, but it does make sense.

[kinevon]

No, Master of the Fallen Fortress falls under the same rule as all the level 1 modules, where you can play it any number of times with a level 1 PC, but only once for credit with a level 2 PC.

Note that each time needs to be with a different level 1 PC, you can't have one PFS PC with two copies of the same chronicle on them.