1. How do levels interact with being able to apply chronicle sheets? For example, when I play a level 5 pre-gen, which characters can I apply that chronicle to? When I run a level 3-4 adventure as a GM, which characters can I apply that chronicle to.

2. Will slow track still exist?

3. Since you asked for boon suggestions, something totally off the wall: a level down. Sometimes I have a character that I would like to be able to play longer, and with the relative lack of high level play opportunities (and the new level cap), I would actually like to be able to take a, say, level 7 character and bring him back to level 5, so he is eligible to participate in tables that have need to offer pregens.

Huzzah!

Does the keeping of treasure found along the way apply only to credits or does it also apply to gear, and will chronicle sheets list gear for possible early access as they do today via the purchasing plan (and will there be a purchasing plan akin to today's)?

Oh very nice, excited for the bespoke content through chronicles, and looking forward to reading the player's guide!

"Your character also gets to keep any treasure they find along the way. "

Are we going to have to debate who gets what?

Will the ACP earned be going into a different pool from that of Starfinder 1.0 and Pathfinder 2.0, or will ACP be combined into one giant pool (which I would prefer)?

Is the access to PF options (more specifically the classes) a preview and going to be a later option? Like year 5+?

I know it going to happen but it'd be nice for Starfinder to just be Starfinder for a while.

AcP rewards request: More bespoke backgrounds related to the ongoing plot and adventures old and new! If PFS2's Gold Falls Regular has one fan, it's me, etc.

Pathfinder options at reasonable AcP costs?

Simplified rewards system that don't punish you for not finding all the "treasure bundles?"

Treasure that's actually treasure you can keep and instead of having to buy it?

Bespoke rewards and content, including two ancestries?

No mandatory faction system?

Shorter scenarios?

Oh yes please.

Will the ACP earned be going into a different pool from that of Starfinder 1.0 and Pathfinder 2.0, or will ACP be combined into one giant pool (which I would prefer)?

Seconded. I'd like to know if all my SF1 AcP will be worth anything in SF2 or if I should send my SF1 characters on a shopping spree now. I know you're not going to want people coming in with hundreds of AcP for SF2, but either a conversion of AcP from SF1 to SF2 or maybe one-time purchases using SF1 AcP to but SF2 AcP or, say, backgrounds related to SF1 storyline would be awesome.

Is the access to PF options (more specifically the classes) a preview and going to be a later option? Like year 5+?

I know it going to happen but it'd be nice for Starfinder to just be Starfinder for a while.

I'd also like to see them hold off on full blown classes for a year or two. Bring on the Nephilim, Geniekin, Kobolds, Fleshwarps and poppets (actually, high tech poppets could be amazing, please look into that, paizo), and I wouldn't mind seeing some archetypes make their way in, but I'd appreciate it if the PF2 classes didn't make appearances for a while. Give the SF1 classes time to develop and be their own thing.

So the intention realy is to copy D&D 5e Adventurer's League?!?

SFS 2.0 seems to be getting worse with each announcement...

We keep seeing growth in PFS2 from players abandoning Adventurer's League...

I REALLY hope that my SF1e AcP will carry over because I have been hording my 358 points for a while now.

So, I can GM 1 scenario and build a kitsune?

You got yourself a deal, Speidel. Gibme fox plz.

Anyone want to speculate on the ancestries in the SFS players guide. I'll guess Izalguun and Ghibrani.

Everyone has been clamoring for the SRO's... maybe that?

"Your character also gets to keep any treasure they find along the way. "

Are we going to have to debate who gets what?

A subsystem involving sumo wrestling and pretzel eating is already in the works. Roll for salty fun!

So the intention realy is to copy D&D 5e Adventurer's League?!?

SFS 2.0 seems to be getting worse with each announcement...

We keep seeing growth in PFS2 from players abandoning Adventurer's League...

PFS2e isn't changing, so if AL refugees don't like these changes then PFS2e remains a natural home for them.

That being said, I am curious what changes are you are seeing that makes SFS2e similar to AL?

I would also appreciate such an explanation. For those not familiar with adventurer's league, these complaints don't mean anything.

Why would you take away Novas for GMs? So now all we get for our hours and hours of volunteered time are more ACP? I have over 1,000 SFS1 ACP and nothing I want to use it on, so that doesn’t mean much to me. The Novas weren’t game altering, but they were a nice acknowledgement of the time people had put in.

Hmm, how about Zobbleheads as the rank awards for GMing?

Why would you take away Novas for GMs? So now all we get for our hours and hours of volunteered time are more ACP? I have over 1,000 SFS1 ACP and nothing I want to use it on, so that doesn’t mean much to me. The Novas weren’t game altering, but they were a nice acknowledgement of the time people had put in.

I think they were pretty clear. A similar recognition will return eventually, but they want to try and ensure it isn't encouraging GM burnout.

A subsystem involving sumo wrestling and pretzel eating is already in the works. Roll for salty fun!

How did you get a hold of my character sheet?

Why would you take away Novas for GMs? So now all we get for our hours and hours of volunteered time are more ACP? I have over 1,000 SFS1 ACP and nothing I want to use it on, so that doesn’t mean much to me. The Novas weren’t game altering, but they were a nice acknowledgement of the time people had put in.

Your novas aren't being taken away. You will still have 4 novas for Starfinder 1st edition.

Second Edition rules are vastly different than 1e; they're basically PF2e rules with some modifications. Just like what they did with the split between PF1e and PF2e, there will be a separate tracking of GM experience between the two systems, it's just not going to be the same as before.

So the intention realy is to copy D&D 5e Adventurer's League?!?

SFS 2.0 seems to be getting worse with each announcement...

We keep seeing growth in PFS2 from players abandoning Adventurer's League...

People leaving 5e in droves started with the OGL mess, WotC trying to digitize every aspect of the game to monetize micro transactions, talk about AI GMs, sending the Pinkertons after people, laying off workers right before the holidays, making a new edition that wasen't really a new edition but is, just to sell more books. There are entire YouTube channels like Dungeons & Discourse that do nothing but report on WotC scandals. There are dozens of reasons to stop playing any game WotC makes long before you get to Adventurer's League.

I like the changes, makes me want to shout.

GOBLINS in SPACE...

"Now I just have to figure out how to corner the market for spaceship parts..."

Would it be possible to add a few more system traveler boons form sfs 1 to pfs 2? I already have an android for pfs 2 and would like to see other options come up

I’m hoping that Flexible Spellcaster is one of the archetypes they allow into SFS2.

Although the Medic archetype would be really useful, I would really rather they do a high tech version of the archetype that deals with MedBays, cybernetic implants, and other such things. The non-magical healing options should be a lot better than in Pathfinder 2 / Golarian just because the tech is so much better.

Oh, and to echo another poster:

Poppets in Space!

One of the biggest issues new players had when I was running Society games (aside from constantly struggling with a plethora of multiple different websites inc. Warhorn, Foundary etc etc just to play a game) was the fact that post-game points were stored all over the place. Gold and Exp were on the Chronicle sheets, but Achievement Points were on the website. So players were always confused, and invariably frustrated, with trying to figure out where to find out what stuff they had. I really hope that at some point all of these are just logged online for simplicity's sake.

One of the biggest issues new players had when I was running Society games (aside from constantly struggling with a plethora of multiple different websites inc. Warhorn, Foundary etc etc just to play a game) was the fact that post-game points were stored all over the place. Gold and Exp were on the Chronicle sheets, but Achievement Points were on the website. So players were always confused, and invariably frustrated, with trying to figure out where to find out what stuff they had. I really hope that at some point all of these are just logged online for simplicity's sake.

I also don’t know why on the chronicle sheets it says “You get xxxxxx boon” Then you have wait for it to be reported and check the website just to find out what it says. Maybe print out a full page. When the boon could just as easily be on the sheet.

I vote to call GM ranks in SF2 donuts. If it must be sci-fi adjacent then comets will do.

No factions is an interesting choice; I wonder why that was made? Maybe to not have to manage a faction rep subsystem.

Not a bad idea; but it will be a break from what Paizo has been doing since the beginning.

Will all the playtest content be approved for Society play?

Looking forward to 2E Society.

As far as Achievement Point awards, I miss the expensive vanity purchases from PF1, like being able to buy your own island or ship. It was a lot of fun when you had to travel somewhere by boat to the adventure to say, "Let's take my ship!" I liked the ability to invest my characters further into the world. I'd love to see that kind of thing.

No factions is an interesting choice; I wonder why that was made? Maybe to not have to manage a faction rep subsystem.

I think it's confusing. I know SF earlier, you "slotted boons" including which faction you represented that game.

As far as Achievement Point awards, I miss the expensive vanity purchases from PF1, like being able to buy your own island or ship. It was a lot of fun when you had to travel somewhere by boat to the adventure to say, "Let's take my ship!" I liked the ability to invest my characters further into the world. I'd love to see that kind of thing.

I hope that that comes back in some capacity.

Having a farm to retire to (and also make handle animal her dayjob) was so great for my Empyreal Knight Paladin.

Even retirement vanities of like "you retire and start teaching new Pathfinders what you know as a teacher at the Grand Lodge" would be so fun.

I'd like to see System Traveler boons going both ways, especially for those that weren't able to get the Playtest Contemplative and Dragonkin ancestries for PF2e.

No factions is an interesting choice; I wonder why that was made? Maybe to not have to manage a faction rep subsystem.

Not a bad idea; but it will be a break from what Paizo has been doing since the beginning.

Will all the playtest content be approved for Society play?

Looking forward to 2E Society.

From my perspective, factions were just an additional thing you had to learn or teach to new players that added very little. It's just a lot of mental load and a lot of things to track on top of your own character's progression.

I like factions as a narrative thing. They add flavour and depth to the world, and especially Starfinder Society did a lot with their factions. But I won't mourn their removal in second edition.

Buying stuff with real money to affect the game world!?! This is a very bad idea, like a capitalist’s fever dream.

I just can’t imagine anyone thought calling an incentive program “RIP”, that promotes the concept of “paying to win” wasn’t absurd or ghastly.

The retail incentive program has been there since PF1. Paizo is kind enough to put all the rules online, but they still want to sell things, and for game stores to succeed.

The acronym... may be appropriate, considering how often it prevented a TPK.

Buying stuff with real money to affect the game world!?! This is a very bad idea, like a capitalist’s fever dream.

I just can’t imagine anyone thought calling an incentive program “RIP”, that promotes the concept of “paying to win” wasn’t absurd or ghastly.

None of the RIP bonuses areparticularly game changing. In the PFS sessions I’ve been to, it often doesn’t get used until the end when everyone uses it to auto-succeed on their downtime income check.

That is has existed since PF1 has no bearing on whether it is good practice or not, if anything, it speaks to a history of socio-economic malfeasance, well intentioned or not.

And regardless of whether it is “game changing” or not, it monetises game outcomes, no matter how small.

Look, I get that PFS/SFS exist in a ecosystem that in part relies on game stores. But there just isn’t an argument for social responsibility that says “paying real world money for in game benefits” is justifiable. In any economy. Some people just won’t have the wherewithal to “pony up” for benefits, no matter how small. Sure, this might all be part of an exchange of “well, I was going to buy some cool dice, might as well buy them during the game” but it still sets up an economic ecosystem that I feel just shouldn’t be a part of the game ecosystem, even if it is part of the organised play.

That is has existed since PF1 has no bearing on whether it is good practice or not, if anything, it speaks to a history of socio-economic malfeasance, well intentioned or not.

And regardless of whether it is “game changing” or not, it monetises game outcomes, no matter how small.

Look, I get that PFS/SFS exist in a ecosystem that in part relies on game stores. But there just isn’t an argument for social responsibility that says “paying real world money for in game benefits” is justifiable. In any economy. Some people just won’t have the wherewithal to “pony up” for benefits, no matter how small. Sure, this might all be part of an exchange of “well, I was going to buy some cool dice, might as well buy them during the game” but it still sets up an economic ecosystem that I feel just shouldn’t be a part of the game ecosystem, even if it is part of the organised play.

So, having not known the Retail Incentive Program was a thing, I looked it up. One thing to point out is that the benefits are table wide, so it's not like one player "wins" because they spent more.

As for the effects... I don't know. You can read them here for yourself. It does feel a little extortionate that you can avoid a death effect if the table has spent $50 at the venue, I'll admit.

Look, I get that PFS/SFS exist in a ecosystem that in part relies on game stores. But there just isn’t an argument for social responsibility that says “paying real world money for in game benefits” is justifiable. In any economy.

Why? It's a PvE game. You can benefit from it without buying anything. The RIP benefits largely just keep your character from becoming unplayable. The money goes towards small-time retailers in an industry with low profit margins. Most game stores and gaming places in my area charge $25 to $40 table fees anyway.

I'm struggling to see what's socially irresponsible about this.

No factions is an interesting choice; I wonder why that was made? Maybe to not have to manage a faction rep subsystem.

Not a bad idea; but it will be a break from what Paizo has been doing since the beginning.

Will all the playtest content be approved for Society play?

Looking forward to 2E Society.

I always hated all the twenty different Second Seekers factions. I mean, every one beyond the Luwazi were just pretenders =P

For real though, glad to see that go away, it was just my least favorite part.

Also, I need to know where are the chronicles for the Playtest Adventures? I want to report them, but I didn't know we could.

Also, I need to know where are the chronicles for the Playtest Adventures? I want to report them, but I didn't know we could.

The playtest adventures don't have traditional chronicle sheets (Just a tracker showing what you've played during the playtest), but you should be able to report them normally. The playtest scenarios are listed under Starfinder Society 1st edition (thye were at the top when I checked, but I'm still very new to reporting as it's usually handled by the event organizer).

I absolutely love the changes coming to SFS!! Given the rules adjustments, I'm planning to switch my PFS subscription to an SFS subscription this summer. Thank you for lowering the barriers to access <3

Buying stuff with real money to affect the game world!?! This is a very bad idea, like a capitalist’s fever dream.

I just can’t imagine anyone thought calling an incentive program “RIP”, that promotes the concept of “paying to win” wasn’t absurd or ghastly.

While there might be a sense of "pay to win" in the concept, remember what it really is. You aren't paying Paizo or the GM for special favor. You are supporting the store which is giving you a space to play and in thanks Paizo gives you a small boon.

Holy s*@# Fitch is still alive? Dang, way to go, Grandma!

As much as I still have Feelings™ about PF2 Assumptions & Meta bringing down the spirit of Starfinder - it is pretty cool to be able to unlock PF2 options for SFS2! Very interested to see what will be available there, and when! Access to PF2 species, especially ones that are still common in Starfinder times like elf or dwarf, feels like a slam dunk. I'm not sure I have an opinion on "having PF2 classes out of the gate runs a risk of diluting the SF2 classes." I can see the point that's being made, though. Requires further thought.

Also, to be honest, I’m just not sure what to call this new rank. Rings? Comets? Moons? Donuts?

Damnit Speidel, give the people what they want! The children yearn for the Space-Donuts! XD

As far as Achievement Point awards, I miss the expensive vanity purchases from PF1, like being able to buy your own island or ship. It was a lot of fun when you had to travel somewhere by boat to the adventure to say, "Let's take my ship!" I liked the ability to invest my characters further into the world. I'd love to see that kind of thing.

Seconding this. Even the handful of rare Vanity Boons, either official or unofficial, in SF1 were pretty cool. Things that weren't really 'mechanical' benefits but still impacted the narrative and overall story helped me feel like a part of the living world: stuff like Strawberry Machine Cake or Abysshead! albums, Personal Vaults from 1-16, or everyone's favourite pal, the Sharktopus (<3) not only helped the universe feel more lived in, but that it was lived in by us, the players.

I know that Starship Combat is still a ways away, but in SFS1 having special Starship Boons was always cool - you knew you were in for a ride when someone slapped a Gorgon boon sheet down on the table! Some way to bring that back in, even as just a flavourful narrative thing for now, would be cool, but full on custom starship stats when rules for such a thing exist would be awesome! (On that note, it's been three years, but, my offer still stands XD)

Like, picture a Spacey-P boon called "Space-Paint Job." For a modest fee of meta-currency, you can narratively declare the shuttle / Pegasus / Whatever that you're riding to the scenario location has a custom paint scheme, instead of the standard Starfinder Society livery. Cherry red Drake? Pegasus with Purple accents, to be sneakier? The dreaded Oops, All Sparkles Azata? Sure, why not! I don't know to what extent Vehicles will show up in SFS2 scenarios, but same idea there. An exploration buggy is cool, but an exploration buggy with dangly fuzzy d20s is cool.
Granted it feels a bit silly, sure, but, c'mon, it's Starfinder. Silliness in Space is part of the charm!

Also, I need to know where are the chronicles for the Playtest Adventures? I want to report them, but I didn't know we could.

As others have said, it's just one tracking sheet for all of the Playtest adventures, and not individual ones per each adventure as usual, but - it's here!

I'm really glad to see a return to a pdf guide for organized play.