September 2024 Organized Play Monthly Update

Digital Adventure Releases

These adventures will be available on September 25, 2024.

Pathfinder Society

Pathfinder Society Scenario #6-03: Godsrain in a Godless Land*

Pathfinder Society Scenario #6-04: An Enkindled Carnival*

Starfinder Society

Starfinder Society Scenario #7-06: Archives of Eternity*

Starfinder Playtest Scenario #3: Wheel of Monsters

*part of a subscription

Sanctioning

Last week, we released the Lost Omens: Tian Xia Character Guide! This is an incredible book, packed to the brim with exciting new character options. It’s also sanctioned for Pathfinder Society play! You can find boons for the uncommon and rare ancestries in the Boon Store, as well as some other uncommon or rare archetypes. Note that a lot of the uncommon content in this book is accessed simply by creating a character from Tian Xia; you won’t find boons for these options, as you have other ways to access it!

Speaking of which, when we were working on the two Tian Xia books, we noticed an issue with the World Traveler boon. This boon allows you to select a second region to treat as a home region for character options…but it didn’t actually include Tian Xia. Whoops! We’ve updated this boon as a result to future-proof it. The new text is below, and it remains available in the Boon Store for just 20 Achievement Points.

> World Traveler (Slotless): You have traveled widely, spending a considerable amount of time in a distant region and absorbing the local customs. When you assign this boon to a character, select a country or city on Golarion. You qualify as being from that city or country, as well as any regions which contain it, for the purpose of fulfilling the Access prerequisite of uncommon character options, in addition to any other access benefits you have from other sources. For example, a character who selected Alkenstar fulfills access requirements for Alkenstar as well as the Mana Wastes and the Impossible Lands, and a character who selects Hwanggot fulfills requirements for Hwanggot and Tian Xia.

We’re a little behind on adventure sanctioning right now, but we’re working hard on Prey for Death and the Curtain Call Adventure Path. In just a few short weeks, at the end of October, we’ll see our next major rulebook release in War of Immortals, and we hope you’re all excited!

New Pathfinder Society Year

The Year of Immortal Influence is officially upon us, and with it comes some new updates! First of all, the Guide to Organized Play has been officially updated to version 6.00. This version of the guide does not contain major rules changes, but there has been a major reorganization to make it more usable and bring it in line with the Guide for Starfinder Society. If you wish to leave feedback, you can do so in this forum thread, which also has a summary of the changes.

Additionally, we have released new pregenerated characters! This update adds pregens for the eight Player Core 2 classes (alchemist, barbarian, champion, investigator, monk, oracle, sorcerer and swashbuckler), as well as the kineticist from Rage of Elements. The previous pregens have not been updated or altered as part of this update.

As all legacy pregenerated characters have been updated, Pathfinder Society players must use the Remastered versions going forward. Please leave any errors or comments on the product page!

GM Recognition

Campaign Service Coins

While attending PaizoCon Europe last month, I awarded three Campaign Coins to outstanding volunteers! We award these coins to members of the community who have gone above and beyond to provide an exceptional program to the community at large. Campaign Coins are awarded based on nominations; so if you believe someone in your community is deserving of this award (whether or not they are a Venture Officer), send an email to organizedplay@paizo.com with their name and reasons.

Congratulations to:

Frank Richard, who now holds a campaign coin and OP ID #916

Damien Monnier, who now holds a campaign coin and OP ID #917

"Mr. Fred" Frederic Meulenijzer, who now holds a campaign coin and OP ID #918

Unfortunately, due to my busy travel schedule, I did not have time this month to catch up on GMs who have earned their 5th rank. My sincerest apologies to those GMs who are waiting patiently; I promise you will all be celebrated in next month’s blog.

Conventions

Convention season may be on the tail end, but we’ve still got some fantastic events coming up in September and October! You can (and should!) check out our conventions calendar to see events with a Paizo Organized Play presence near you.

Earlier today, we began soliciting volunteers for PAX Unplugged! Last year’s show was an incredible success and we’re looking to make the show bigger and better this year. We’re looking for talented GMs to run Pathfinder Society quests and scenarios, as well as Starfinder Playtest scenarios. If you’d like to join us this December in Philadelphia, you can find all the information in yesterday's blog!

Alright, that’s enough from me. Until next time - Explore! Report! Cooperate! And enjoy some chocolate. You deserve it.

Alex Speidel
Organized Play Coordinator