What the titles says: do we have all the core races announced as yet? Or are we still missing some?
They've announced the following races: Human, Lashunta, Kasatha, Android, and Ratfolk/ysoki. We have two that are unnanounced.
I had assumed that the core races were known races -- we just didn't know which ones were core yet.
But the mention of the otherwise unknown "Shirren" in the Starfinder Compatibility license suggests that at least one of the core races may be completely new.
When will we begin to see previews for the products?
Maybe starting next month (or the one after that). Apparently the beast of a tome gets sent to the printers some time this month.
In all likelihood some feedback will occur, then last minute editing, then a lot of the team will likely cash in some vacation time. Or collapse in moaning, twitching heaps and wish they could.
I hope the wait won't be long for this announcement.
As noted, we have 2 yet to formally announced.
And by the way you spelled "2" instead of "two" we're going to obsessively assume that you're passing some sort of secret message. Trox? Thri-Keen? SPACE DROW? ARE WE GETTING SPACE DROW?
New races will be fun, but still gonna use Advanced Race Guide :)
assume any race found on Golarion could show up in the system if only in a minor role, so yes, Space Drow. Sprow?
Yes but...will they fight a race of Aasimar in fancy dress?
Star flumphs would be great.
Star flumphs would be great.
Make it a core race, 2017.
As noted, we have 2 yet to formally announced.
The grammar nazis have arrived. "We have 2 races yet to formally ANNOUNCED." This should either be ANNOUNCE, or you need to add a "be" (making it "yet to BE formally announced")
And this setting may have a different concept of what is considered balanced as well -- for example, melee combat ability may have less value given the power of the ranged weapons that PCs are likely to carry.
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Star flumphs would be BRILLIANT! A non-humanoid race is really what a sci-fi setting needs.
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Star flumphs would be BRILLIANT! A non-humanoid race is really what a sci-fi setting needs.
Aren't all flumphs "star" flumphs? I never really got the idea that lore wise there was such thing as a terrestrial flumph, or a flumph that does not make a good frisbee.
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Star flumphs would be BRILLIANT! A non-humanoid race is really what a sci-fi setting needs.Dibs on getting to play a hooloovoo.
Tell you what: you can be a hooloovoo, and I'll take a mattress. Sound good?
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I'm hoping for playable Contemplatives. I must be weird atrophied brain creature. I demand it!
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I'm hoping for playable Contemplatives. I must be weird atrophied brain creature. I demand it!
That Free RPG Day product Starfinder First Contact has this in its blurb: "Player-race information to let you be the alien, from the atrophied psychic creatures called contemplatives to the bug-like haan who float across gas giants on balloons of spun webbing."
So Contemplatives probably won't be a core race but will be in the game as playable aliens.
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I'm hoping for playable Contemplatives. I must be weird atrophied brain creature. I demand it!That Free RPG Day product Starfinder First Contact has this in its blurb: "Player-race information to let you be the alien, from the atrophied psychic creatures called contemplatives to the bug-like haan who float across gas giants on balloons of spun webbing."
So Contemplatives probably won't be a core race but will be in the game as playable aliens.
The newly announced Alien Archive also mentions something like them as well.
And this setting may have a different concept of what is considered balanced as well -- for example, melee combat ability may have less value given the power of the ranged weapons that PCs are likely to carry.
The paizo demonstration session in January does not support this. The ranged weapons were woeful all around. 1d4+0 for all pew-pews, except the droid's slugthrower.
Do you recall anyone doing any better with melee attacks? I do not recall anyone making anything but ranged attacks.
But I do recall seeing 9-level spellcasters described as not being balanced for the setting, as full spellcasting does not leave enough room for other capabilities that Starfinder adventurers are expected to have.
The solarion was doing d6+2 (or thereabouts) with his class specific energy blade, by and large he only engaged in melee. He also took full actions to attack twice, something no one did with guns, but which the technomancer did with magic missile, to get a third missile. Given that they were apparently 2nd level, having 2 missiles base was interesting in its own right.
The mechanic had a booster ability for his gun (+1d6, but used more ammo, used once) and the technomancer had a big damage booster spell (+4d6, but halved due to it being used with an area attack, which was a spray fired by the drone's slug thrower). She also shot/cast energy rays at things that did d6, but they struck me as being very similar to the cleric's fire/water/etc domain powers that give energy rays.
Based on very little, I suspect the solarion's energy blade damage is the monk/ war priest damage progression, but that is just speculation on my part.
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Just letting you all know that we're planning to announce one of the two new core races on the blog *this week*. :D
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Space Frogs? ... Can we tri-wield laser pistols with Space Frog tongues?!
You're thinking to small! Space frogs... with two tongues! Four laser pistols!
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Is the RPG world really ready for Sgt. Frog?
Are we coming up on weekly preview season?
Just letting you all know that we're planning to announce one of the two new core races on the blog *this week*. :D
Can we get a date on that blog?
Somewhere between 14th to the 17th, I'd expect.
Just squeed myself. I'm officially a happy camper.
I want Catfolk.....just so I can use this Figure:Clipper
While you're waiting for Starfinder, you can still play a Small catfloof in Pathfinder.
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Well, as far as announcements go and in addition to today's blog entry on the Vesk, the Paizo Twitter account revealed this image.
Well, as far as announcements go and in addition to today's blog entry on the Vesk, the Paizo Twitter account revealed this image.What is that space cat with the drone? It doesnt look like Lashunta or Ysoki...
I don't think that is a "space cat".
If that insectoid guy is the Shirren, then all of the core races are basically humanoid in form, with all but the Ysoki Ratfolk being size Medium. The alternative is that this illustration is not limited to core races.