This year's been a busy one, particularly with all of the work that's gone into creating Pathfinder Playtest scenarios, reviewing feedback, discussing the Second Edition organized play program's structure, and conveying that in a bunch of really big blogs. While that's been really productive from a looking-to-the-future perspective, it's been less fulfilling in the present because we had fallen way behind in our Additional Resources and Campaign Clarifications process. Over the past 8 weeks, the developers have revisited how we approach these books, devised better ways to streamline the whole process, and pushed through numerous months' content. You may have seen the Additional Resources update two weeks ago, and we're pleased to have another release going up later today! With this, we've addressed every book published in 2018 except Pathfinder Player Companion: Martial Arts Handbook (it's coming in our next update).

As the organized play campaigns are community-led programs, we appreciate having the input of our community's leaders in evaluating which content to include. This wouldn't have been possible without the ongoing efforts of our volunteer review teams, led by Venture-Captain Alexander Lenz. Helping him in this endeavor are James Anderson, Sasha Lindley Hall, Þórarinn Sigurðsson, and many more. These teams of venture-officers read through the Campaign Setting, Player Companion, and RPG hardcover books searching for any ambiguities and mechanics that could be disruptive in the organized play environment, flagging these for the developers to review. It helps us resolve so many more clarifications from the start and speeds up the process considerably, and we're very appreciative of their work helping keep these documents up to date.

As we look ahead, we're already working on January's update (Pathfinder Player Companion: Wilderness Origins, Pathfinder Player Companion: Martial Arts Handbook, and Pathfinder Adventure Path #138: Rise of New Thassilon). Going forward, our goal is to update the Additional Resources and Campaign Clarifications documents either on the products' street dates or very shortly thereafter.

But we're not just bringing you more player options; we're also sanctioning more playable content. In addition to Pathfinder Module: Seers of the Drowned City and Pathfinder Adventure Path: War for the Crown getting finished up soon (expect a blog next month), Thurston Hillman brings three new adventures into Starfinder Society to help elevate your PCs to new level heights—while also taking them to new, terrifying depths.

We're also proud to announce the sanctioning of the Signal of Screams Adventure Path! While the third and final adventure of the series will release soon, we wanted to make sure that this adventure path got out as quickly as possible to our players. I suspect this adventure should see play from our most experienced Starfinders, as its higher-level range makes it a perfect opportunity to play through with some of your mid- to high-level characters. Unlike our other adventure paths, Signal of Screams does not include a repeatable first scenario; this is intentional, as the Adventure Path's serious horror themes make it less suitable for repeated play. Luckily, you can still use other replay methods (such as a being a member of a certain faction) if you really want to experience the "torment" over again. Just be careful—PCs going through the Signal of Screams Adventure Path are likely to come out… changed!

Download the Signal of Screams Sanctioning Document

Thurston Hillman
Starfinder Society Developer

Join us next week as we look back at a great year of organized play!

John Compton
Organized Play Lead Developer