October 2024 Organized Play Monthly Update

OPC Musings

I’m sorry, you mean to tell me it’s October already? I’m pretty sure I just got back from Gen Con. Time flies when the leaves are falling, I guess!

We’ve got a quick update for you this month, so I wanted to highlight a couple of things here at the top. Every year I see people ask for spooky scenarios for October, so Rue put together a collection of some of our spookiest, creepiest, and downright scariest adventures on the blog!

As some of you with keen eyes noticed, I did some poking around in the backend a couple of weeks ago to start setting up Starfinder Society (second edition). In doing so, I temporarily moved the Acquisitives faction into the new program. I have put it back where it belongs and I don’t believe any characters were harmed in the process, but if you notice lingering issues, please do let me know!

Digital Adventure Releases

These adventures will be available on October 30, 2024.

Pathfinder Society

Pathfinder Society Scenario #6-05: Silver Bark, Golden Blades*

Pathfinder Quest (Series 2) #21: Infernal Infiltration

Starfinder Society

Starfinder Society Scenario #7-07: Submerged Stars*

Starfinder Playtest Scenario #4: Rescue at Shimmerstone Mine

*part of a subscription

Sanctioning

A quiet month on the sanctioning front! We did manage to get Pathfinder adventure Prey for Death’s sanctioning documents out even before last month’s blog was posted, so you can now enjoy assassinating some folks and earning credit for PFS in the process! The Pathfinder Curtain Call Adventure Path is just about ready to be posted at press time, so keep an eye out for that as well.

This month, of course, the big news is Pathfinder War of Immortals and its two new classes. We’ll have that ready for you on its delayed street date, October 30 (sorry, shipping issues!). Pathfinder Lost Omens Divine Mysteries is also chugging along and will be posted in November upon release.

GM Recognition

GM Ranks

Whether stars, novas, or glyphs, achieving a 5 ranking in any program involves a substantial amount of time. To achieve the 5th milestone, a GM must run 150 games, of which at least 50 must be unique scenarios and 10 special scenarios as well as run between one and three games for venture-captains (program dependent). A conservative estimate of the time needed to reach the 5th milestone is 650 hours!

This month we had five different GMs reach their fifth rank!

5th Glyph (PFS2): Jesse Butz, Hilary Moon Murphy, Robert Parker, Hali Peterson

5th Nova(SFS1): Matthew Vertz

If you believe you’ve completed your 5th rank but haven’t been announced yet, please email me at organizedplay@paizo.com.

Conventions

Convention season may be winding down, but we’ve still got plenty of local conventions on the horizon! Check out the Conventions calendar for dozens of upcoming events to get your Paizo fix in.

We’re also still seeking GMs to join us at PAX Unplugged in December! Run three games for us and you’ll get a free badge into the show. This show will be the first chance for you to try out the new Pathfinder Quest board game, and you won’t want to miss that!

Until next time Pathfinders—Explore! Report! Cooperate! And watch out for spooky scary skeletons!

Alex Speidel
Organized Play Coordinator