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So, long time PFS player, looking at ability scores and credits, I feel like there just isn't enough. Meanwhile Equipment feels unattainable.
I know pathfinder is a different system, but I can't help but draw similarities between the systems, and I decided to make a comparison.
Abilities:
So in starfinder If I build a Human with a Mercenary background I can spend my 10 points to get a build of 16 16 11 10 10 10.
If I build a human in pathfinder using the 20pt buy of PFS I can get
16 16 11 10 10 10 and have 4 points remaining.
In comparison to pathfinder, you abilities are noticeably gimped.

Credits: So a lvl 1 character gets a starting wealth of 1,000 credits in SFS, this seemed really low to me in comparison to the price of equipment. so I took the price of a long sword in both SF and PF and compared them.
Based of this comparison 1 GP = 25 credits, meaning that SFS characters start with an equivalent of 40 GP in credits to buy equipment.
In comparison to pathfinder you start with 1/3 the purchasing power.

Equipment: Not only are things expensive, the level limitations feel harsh. You can buy equipment out of the Core Rule Book that has an item level equal to character level +1. meaning at level 1, you can only buy up to level 2 items. This wouldn't be so bad, but a standard long sword is a level 2 item. Past that, there doesn't seem to be too much that's worth purchasing with an item level of less than 5. To me it just feels like you have no access to better equipment until character level 4.

Anyone else feel crippled when coming from PF to SF?

Disclaimer: I have not had the chance to play any SF and am basing this entirely on how limited I felt in character creation. This is not a complaint about the new system, and I am certain that Paizo has balanced the game the way they wish for it to be balanced. This is only a question of am I the only one that feels like SF characters are much weaker than PF characters.

Hello all,

I need your help. My PC has recently come across an artifact in one of his missions and wishes to keep it. He was the only party member left alive/conscious when it was recovered and thus the only one who understands what it does. He wishes to keep it as per mission parameters, it was not necessary to bring it back to the society. Only problem is that because it is an artifact, he is afraid of the Ten stealing it from him and replacing it with a fake. My only solution is to use 30 PP to buy an island and make some protections there and store the artifact there, where later on in life, he will eventually use it. I'm thinking this could work, but would like opinions, and suggestions.

Thanks!

Notes: It is not listed on the chronicle sheet, but gives a full description in the scenario on how to use it properly, and what it does, and GM gave me the option of activating it when he found it, but it would not have been used to the fullest extent at that location, so he decided against using it there.

I am purposefully not naming the artifact, or which of my PC's found it for his privacy.