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I was looking at my upcoming subscriptions, and I noticed the next book listed for the Starfinder 2E Pocket Edition is the "Galactic Ancestries" scheduled for June. Should I be concerned that the Alien Core pocket edition isn't listed as the next shipment instead since I believe it comes out in February? I didn't skip the Alien Core, or if I did, I certainly didn't mean or intend to.

FWIW, the Pathfinder 2E pocket edition subscription shows the Monster Core 2 as the next book, which I believe is correct.

I placed an order last night for a pair of Starfinder2 Pocket Edition books, and saw the option to add to my next subscription shipment. I decided I could wait, and hit that button. I then got a message that four items were successfully added to my next subscription order.

Four?

It seems that instead of adding just the pocket edition, which is what I had selected, it also added the hardcover edition, the special edition cover, and the retail cover edition to the upcoming shipment. I manually removed the books I didn't want, but that is something you might want to look into as I doubt few people want to order all four versions of the books and might catch a few off guard if they aren't paying attention.

BTW, this happened both when I tried to add the SF2 Galaxy Guide and the Player Core.

To be clear, I'm good. You don't need to respond to me about this unless you have questions. But I wanted you to be aware of the problem so you can look into it for the future.

Will you be offering more subscription options? (Specifically thinking of Starfinder 2E pocket edition.)

Awesome! I love that you guys always include random scenarios and things in these bundles. They make the bundle a good value, even if you have all the mainline books being offered, like I do.

Corfy wrote:

This includes two character sheet packs. These packs are handy in that they include class-specific character sheets with many of the default class features already filled out. However, I don't believe these packs have been updated for the remastered version, so I'm not sure how useful these packs are, especially as the included rulebooks are the remastered versions. With the information not matching up (some classes more than others), I would think a new player would find these character sheet packs more confusing than useful.

For that matter, am I off-base or is one of the packs intended for PF1E? Or am I just getting the two games' Advanced Player's Guides mixed up?

No, I'm pretty sure they are both for PF2E, just Legacy rather than Remaster.

This includes two character sheet packs. These packs are handy in that they include class-specific character sheets with many of the default class features already filled out. However, I don't believe these packs have been updated for the remastered version, so I'm not sure how useful these packs are, especially as the included rulebooks are the remastered versions. With the information not matching up (some classes more than others), I would think a new player would find these character sheet packs more confusing than useful.

If you do more bundles, consider including the VTT support!

They do sometimes. It depends on the bundle.

Has there been any word yet on whether there will be a pocket edition subscription for Starfinder2? I'm not going to ask my local game store to order the pocket Galaxy Guide for me if there's going to be a subscription option. But if there isn't a subscription, then I'd rather go through the game store, in which case, I need to get it ordered.

Also, what's the best way you've found to keep your pawns? Asking for a friend. (It's me. I'm asking for me.)

A little late to the discussion (apologies if I'm too late), but i just use plastic page protectors (you can usually find a pack of 20 for a dollar or two in office supply sections of stores). The cardboard sheet slips right in, and then the pages can be stored in 3-ring binders. For pawns that don't come in full boxes, I can separate the front, back and side panel of the cover wrap and slip them right into the 3-ring binder for easy identification. Then as needed, I slide the cardboard out of the page protector and remove the pawn(s) needed, then slide the cardboard back in. Then I do the same thing in reverse when time to store them.

I do like the fact that Pathfinder 2E numbers the pawns, which make it much easier to be able to put back into their appropriate slot in the cardboard sheet. Some pawns from other sources, and even the few I have from Starfinder, don't do that.

I do love pawns over minis, but I will admit haven't decided yet if I'm picking up this box since I do have the similar, albeit much smaller, Gamemastery Guide NPC Pawns.

"For $30 or more, you get ... Pathfinder Dark Archive; Pathfinder Treasure Vault; Lost Omens Travel Guide; ..."

Um, I don't see Treasure Vault listed on the HumbleBundle site. Is that a mistake on the Blog post or a mistake on the bundle page?

Either way, I'm probably skipping this particular bundle because I already have pretty much everything in it (including the Treasure Vault). But it might make a good gift for someone else.

Just out of curiosity, does anybody know if there has been any Starfinder bundles like this one? Not necessarily with a complete adventure path (assuming that's what it is called in that game-verse), but at least including that game's equivalent to Pathfinder's Player Core and GM Core?

I've only recently returned to Paper and Pencil gaming so I'm a bit out of the loop on what's current and what comments will get people asking if I'm somebody's great great grandparent, I'm that out of date.

I've gotten to the point where I expect a new HumbleBundle by Paizo every three or four months, whether that's Pathfinder2E, Starfinder, or Pathfinder 1. And I've bought pretty much all of them over the last three or four years. (And yes, it is still called an Adventure Path in Starfinder). But there is the updated Starfinder 2E coming out later this year, which is not compatible with Starfinder 1 (although is compatible with Pathfinder 2E) so if we don't get a "last hurrah for Starfinder 1 Bundle" in the next few months, it might be a while before we see a Starfinder bundle, as they usually wait at least a year after a book has been released before they include it in a bundle. (That's not saying it will definitely be in a bundle after a year, just means not before then.) That's my own guestimate based on what I've seen in the past, however, I'm not in the know or anything.

I already have the GM core and Player core. Is there a way for me to join this bundle but instead of receiving the two books I already have, receive the Monster core?

Unfortunately, the Bundles don't work that way. I probably bought the Pathfinder 2 Core Rulebook about eight times through various bundles, but I only get credit for owning it once. I can't even split just that book out to give to someone else.

I'll be honest, I'm a little surprised that the Pathfinder 1 Core Rulebook wasn't included in the bundle, considering it has not only Kingmaker but a few other adventures for Pathfinder 1. Maybe they'd be worried people would get confused?

To be fair, I do have the Pathfinder 1 Core Rulebook thanks to a previous PF1 HumbleBundle (I've not played it, but I have it), but I'm still surprised it isn't in this bundle.

Will there be pawns for this book?

One thing that absolutely, positively needs to be added to the equipment list for Starfinder 2E is a towel. I mean, sure towels are primarily for hitchhikers rather than adventurers, but what's an adventurer if not a hitchhiker with a purpose? How a towel has not been added in pretty much any TTRPG I've seen so far is beyond me.

A towel, [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy] says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapours; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-bogglingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough.

More importantly, a towel has immense psychological value. For some reason, if a strag (strag: non-hitch hiker) discovers that a hitchhiker has his towel with him, he will automatically assume that he is also in possession of a toothbrush, face flannel, soap, tin of biscuits, flask, compass, map, ball of string, gnat spray, wet weather gear, space suit etc., etc. Furthermore, the strag will then happily lend the hitch hiker any of these or a dozen other items that the hitch hiker might accidentally have "lost." What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Did anyone else get their mind blown by what was on page 63? I'm never going to look at Starfinder lore the same again.

Katina Davis wrote:

PDF version should be ready!

The PDF's page count seems a little short compared to the back cover's stated 160-pages. Is there a gap in THE GAP? Are there SECRETS hidden in these missing pages? A mystery for the ages!

This is so silly and I love it.

They just took out the premium, paid-only content from the PDF since it is a free product. You know, give people incentive to buy it. But you should have all of the important information in the PDF.

Corfy wrote:

Serious question... how big is the book? Is it the normal 8.5x11, or is it smaller? Because that's a pretty fair price for an 8.5x11 hardcover 160-page journal.

According to our measurements, the book should be 8.75"x11.25" on the cover, but I believe the paper inside is 8.5"x11".

Thank you! And... ordered!

Yeah, I should have put an "-ish" when I listed the sizes. I don't have an actual book in front of me to measure right now. But I wanted to be sure it wasn't, like 5x7-ish in size.

Serious question... how big is the book? Is it the normal 8.5x11, or is it smaller? Because that's a pretty fair price for an 8.5x11 hardcover 160-page journal.

The $25 tier adds more than $130 worth of PDFs, doesn't it? I didn't look it up to be sure, but it looks to be closer to $230 just for that tier.

Customer service just got back with me and said they fixed the problem, and yes, I am able to download and unzip the files successfully.

Nice to know I'm not the only one having this problem with Highhelm.

I emailed customer service on Thursday. I haven't heard back yet (other than the automatic reply), but I figured they were probably busy with GenCon.

My downloads are 143 bytes for the "single file" (which unzips into a 0k PDF that doesn't open) and 157 bytes for the "file per chapter" (which unzips into a single 0k PDF for pages 120-136 that likewise doesn't open).

I've purchased four other PDFs, and they all downloaded fine (I got Rage of Elements and snagged three books from the 23% off sale). It is just Highhelm that seems to be the problem for some reason.