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Playtest is over, so what’s the plan?

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

We closed the official Pathfinder Playtest in December and are well on the way to finalizing the final manuscript for the Core Rulebook. Now that we are close to locking and loading what Pathfinder version two looks like, the organized play team is revisiting our surveys from this fall and using them to finalize decisions as to what the new version of Pathfinder Society looks like.


Some community members requested information on the replay rate for Pathfinder Society version 1 and release rate of version 2, among other topics. We aren't ignoring those questions, but before we can answer those, we needed to formulate a plan for Season 10. Good news is we have a title and basic outline for where the story is going. Bad news, we won't release any news on the upcoming Pathfinder Society storyline until the PaizoCon banquet the end of May. If you want to be there to hear it first, be sure to get your PaizoCon badge and banquet ticket..

One of the topics of discussion during the planning meetings was the use of Year and Season. We tend to call them "Year of the X" but refer to them numerically as "Season X". For example, last year was both "Year of Faction's Favor" and "Season 9". This has the potential for confusion and so we are moving to use Year exclusively. This change starts with the release of the new Starfinder Society storyline at Origins, though you won't have to wait to June for spoilers. More information about the upcoming Starfinder Society Year of the ?? coming your way via blog in a few weeks!

To keep you updated, here's a list of a few of the topics we are focused on answering in the next few months. While not comprehensive, it hits the top tier of discussion material for the team.

  • Playtest Point Rewards
  • Faction Names and Symbols
  • Guide Structure - including the requested Quick Start Guide
  • Additional Resources, Campaign Clarifications, and FAQs
  • Sanctioning of other Paizo adventures
  • How we sanction adventures
  • Pregenerated Characters
  • Support Programs - Retail, Regional, Charity, and Event.
  • Campaign Documentation - Chronicles, Information Tracking Sheets, and Character Sheets
  • Game Reporting Methods
  • Replay for Seasons 0-10 of Pathfinder Society
  • Five (nova/glyph) requirements and implementation

As a reminder, while the Playtest using Doomsday Dawn is over, Pathfinder Society players may still accumulate Playtest Points using the four Playtest Scenarios—The Rose Street Revenge, Raiders of Shrieking Peak, Arclord's Envy, and The Frozen Oath until sometime mid-July. The exact cutoff is still to be determined.

So, until next week, stay warm and remember to; Explore, Report, Cooperate!

Tonya Woldridge
Organized Play Manager

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Scarab Sages 4/5

I cross posted with you, so you ninja’d me and I didn’t realize. :)
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And for those of us unaffiliated with PFS there is...a week's wait for any new information.
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I had a whole post answering questions that seems to have disappeared. Apologies, I did not mean to make you wait days for clarifying answers.

For PirateRob, I mistyped. You are absolutely right that we've got a plan for Season 10 already formulated. We are wrapping up planning on Year 1.

Gen Con plans include an interactive for PFS1 as well as tables of Season 10 adventures, a pre-generated "special" for PFS2, 1-hour taster demos as well as tables of the first 3 PFS2 scenarios, and an interactive special and tables of SFS. We also have the release of the new ACG core set and Academy for the youth with both PFS1 and SFS.

Yes, Domesday Dawn is still sanctioned. I just didn't think to call it out.

And a bit of trivia, as there were quite a few posts on what different titles we used in years past: -
Season 0, no year title
Season 1, no year title
Season 2, Year of the Shadow Lodge
Season 3, Year of the Ruby Phoenix
Season 4, Year of the Risen Rune
Season 5, Year of the Demon
Season 6, Year of the Sky Key
Season 7, Year of the Serpent (Year of the Skill Check)
Season 8, Year of the Stolen Storm
Season 9, Year of Factions' Favor
Season 10, Year of the Ten

One of the reasons we ultimately went with year because of how it sounded. Season of Stolen Storm or Season of the Serpent is harder on the tongue than Year of the. As we use S so often in our titles, we wanted to avoid the tongue twisters.
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Thanks for the clarifications.

Once John pointed out it was most likely a typo things made a lot more sense.

PFS has been a large part of my life for the past deckade and I'm super anxious about PFS2.

It's like a beloved TV series is coming to an end. And theres a spinoff/sequal series to continue the universe. Of course some things are going to be different. Some things will be better and some things will be worse.

I just don't want to lose that magic.
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Robert Hetherington wrote:

Thanks for the clarifications.

Once John pointed out it was most likely a typo things made a lot more sense.

PFS has been a large part of my life for the past deckade and I'm super anxious about PFS2.

It's like a beloved TV series is coming to an end. And theres a spinoff/sequal series to continue the universe. Of course some things are going to be different. Some things will be better and some things will be worse.

I just don't want to lose that magic.

You're welcome and I agree! I've been with PFS since Season 1. It is my goal to shepherd PFS2 as best as we can to keep it as magical as possible!!!

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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber; Pathfinder Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game, Starfinder Society Subscriber

I can't wait :D
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Are PF2 PFS characters going to have a different "tag" in the reporting system similar to Core charters?
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Mike McKeown wrote:
Are PF2 PFS characters going to have a different "tag" in the reporting system similar to Core charters?

I believe that they will get new character numbers, starting with -2001

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Glen Parnell wrote:


I believe that they will get new character numbers, starting with -2001

Thanks

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