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Will the Adventurer's Guide Book be allowed into the Pathfinder Society? I know it's new but I don't see it on the list of additional resource even though I see other books and some that say nothing in them is legal.
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It's coming. It should be there any time now, I think. ^_^

(I've been keeping an eye out for the update. I'm looking forward to the new material a lot!)
Silver Crusade 3/5

I saw some of the content but i don't think you can join all the organizations in it.
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I can say confidently that Adventurer's Guide will make it into the Additional Resources.

I'm not at liberty to say whether I know anything more, but I can point you to a comment by John Compton on the subject.
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poundpuppy30 wrote:
Will the Adventurer's Guide Book be allowed into the Pathfinder Society? I know it's new but I don't see it on the list of additional resource even though I see other books and some that say nothing in them is legal.

Only resources on the list are usable for PFS. Do not try to make the argument that since they don't say I can't use it that I can use it.

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The real question is that I heard this book has lots of changes to older material in it. How will that affect PFS PCs already using those older things? Will they be forced to change to the new version? Grandfathered in? Will both versions be PFS legal?
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If only there was a hotly debated thread about this very book!
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Fromper wrote:

The real question is that I heard this book has lots of changes to older material in it. How will that affect PFS PCs already using those older things? Will they be forced to change to the new version? Grandfathered in? Will both versions be PFS legal?

Traditionally PFS PCs will be required to change to the new version. However, traditionally when a PC's feat or archetype is changed, they can retrain it for free, and if an item is changed (such as the clear spindle ioun stone) you can sell it back for full price, so long as you do it before the next time you play it.

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FedoraFerret wrote:
Fromper wrote:

The real question is that I heard this book has lots of changes to older material in it. How will that affect PFS PCs already using those older things? Will they be forced to change to the new version? Grandfathered in? Will both versions be PFS legal?

Traditionally PFS PCs will be required to change to the new version. However, traditionally when a PC's feat or archetype is changed, they can retrain it for free, and if an item is changed (such as the clear spindle ioun stone) you can sell it back for full price, so long as you do it before the next time you play it.

There's a few different "traditions" in play, actually.

Feats:
According to Guide 8.0, page 8, you can either retrain for free into an arbitrary feat, OR take the new feat while ignoring its prereqs.

Items:
Not actually listed in Guide 8.0, but WAS in 7.0. There, sellback was guaranteed if the price went up. Traditionally, this has included free sellback for items whose function changed significantly (see the thread for UE errata.)

Archetypes and PRCs:
There's no official provision in Guide 8.0 for what happens if a previously-legal archetype becomes illegal (only ones for certain flavors of errata.) That being said, the Living Monolith, Chained Summoner, and Lion Blade all allowed some form of grandfathering for existing players.
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Fromper wrote:

The real question is that I heard this book has lots of changes to older material in it. How will that affect PFS PCs already using those older things? Will they be forced to change to the new version? Grandfathered in? Will both versions be PFS legal?

Im more worried about the stealthiest of stealth errata that just got released. So stealthy that no one knows its errata.

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MadScientistWorking wrote:
Fromper wrote:

The real question is that I heard this book has lots of changes to older material in it. How will that affect PFS PCs already using those older things? Will they be forced to change to the new version? Grandfathered in? Will both versions be PFS legal?

Im more worried about the stealthiest of stealth errata that just got released. So stealthy that no one knows its errata.

Something specific in mind? Or are you just thinking about the ones where nobody's quite sure if it's a typo or a deliberate rules change?

Personally, I'm worried that they'll not get the AR update out for another month, and release it JUST before GenCon.
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"pay attention to the road man...Its 12 hours to indanapolis

"But I have to rebuild my character!"
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BigNorseWolf wrote:

"pay attention to the road man...Its 12 hours to indanapolis

"But I have to rebuild my character!"

Exactly. That, and people suddenly told by the GM "sorry, but you need to rebuild before you can play."

For these purposes, I'd like to point people to something I'd never noticed before.

Guide 8.0, pages 22-23 wrote:


Oftentimes, changes to the campaign, whether through
errata, additional resources, or campaign clarifications,
are made just before a convention or game day comes
about. Unfortunately, this occurs most often when
members of the Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild
aren’t able to easily access such information. When this
occurs, the member does not have to implement the
change until after that convention or game session. GMs
should mark any Chronicle sheet earned at that event
as ID, for “implementation delay.” Players then have the
ensuing time to update their characters to meet current
campaign guidelines.

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MadScientistWorking wrote:
Im more worried about the stealthiest of stealth errata that just got released. So stealthy that no one knows its errata.

I don't know if it's that stealthy. It's only a +2, after all. Although it probably doesn't have an armor check penalty. ^_^

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Isabelle Lee wrote:
MadScientistWorking wrote:
Im more worried about the stealthiest of stealth errata that just got released. So stealthy that no one knows its errata.
I don't know if it's that stealthy. It's only a +2, after all. Although it probably doesn't have an armor check penalty. ^_^

Hey when the underwater combat errata is out before the book it was published in is even purchasable it's pretty stealthy.

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