Viking is Player Core 2, which seems to have been outside the scope of this errata pass.
We're apparently getting an errata pass for PC2 later on, still part of the Spring 2026 errata cycle. It's just a matter of when.
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I am getting pretty dismayed by the fact that I missed all this info about new products such as this Adventure anthology as well as the new Beginner Box it mentions in its description even though I spend A LOT of time each day browsing these boards.Paizo staff have talked about this, stating you can either go the regular XP progression route and only run half of the adventures before moving on to BoB, or go the slow XP progression route and play all 6 adventures.A thing that I just noticed: The Bastion of Blasphemies product page says that it is the "perfect follow-up" for a completed Troubles in Grayce. But according to its product page the latter had six adventures worth 1 level each, putting you at seventh if you finish it, while Bastion... starts at level 5. Is one of the pages in error, or is there something else going on? To be fair, I spent a good chunk of time writing up a bunch of details about these products back when they were announced in December. A link to the Reddit post (which links to a Google Doc due to the sheer amount of images they showed off that month) can be found HERE!
A thing that I just noticed: The Bastion of Blasphemies product page says that it is the "perfect follow-up" for a completed Troubles in Grayce. But according to its product page the latter had six adventures worth 1 level each, putting you at seventh if you finish it, while Bastion... starts at level 5. Is one of the pages in error, or is there something else going on? Paizo staff have talked about this, stating you can either go the regular XP progression route and only run half of the adventures before moving on to BoB, or go the slow XP progression route and play all 6 adventures.
I wonder if they are waiting until close to valentine’s for some kind of thematic reasons? The two reasons given at the end of January's Paizo Live was 1) it'd be an extra spooky Friday the 13th Paizo Live, and 2) the host Rue Dickey is taking the 6th off for their birthday.
Yeah a bit of a bummer. Maybe they'll give us a hint as to when it may be on Friday, assuming there will be a paizo live. This month's Paizo LIVE will be on the 13th, not on the 6th.
The wording on verbal and thought components was updated to the remaster: although the Psychic doesn't need to use incantations to cast their spells, this no longer necessarily allows them to cast spells through silence.Wait a minute. I thought this was the very point of playing a Psychic above others in the first place, and it turned out even worse than the already nerfed (choose either Thought OR Emotion, instead of AND, compared to PF1) Premaster? Oh, meh... I don't agree with Teridax's assessment on this. Silence stops spellcasters from casting anything but Subtle spells because it's preventing the spellcaster from uttering incantations. If a Remastered Psychic doesn't need to utter incantations to cast any of their spells, they should be unaffected. The thoughtforms still create auditory effects so you still have a shot of being spotted casting spells by enemy creatures. But that's not the same thing as uttering the incantations needed to cast spells. Of course, Paizo could have spelled it out better by specifically calling out Silence for the Psychic, but unfortunately, they did not.
Just a head's up for ya'. On the Starfinder Release Calendar page, it says that Galactic Ancestries is slated to come out in March. But on the Paizo store page, it's slated to come out on April 1st. One of these pages is incorrect, so you might wanna double check and adjust the offender.
Not for nothing, but Maya xeself has done as good of a job communicating and reaching out to the various design teams for answers and inquiries as I could expect for someone in xeir position. And let's not forget, it was Maya who dropped the original piece of info about this upcoming playtest. I get the frustrations, believe me. The rest of the Paizo team could try and attempt to communicate a little more often, like how Mark Seifter and Michael Sayre used to years back. But I wouldn't aim the usual sass at Maya. Xe's doing an amazing job, for the most part. (But yes, an update would be GREAT!)
We have ordered a reprint of Dark Archive (Remastered) which should be in our warehouse and ready to begin fulfilling orders in March. So pretty safe to assume that, due to this print run selling out so soon, that they'll be no errata set to be put in place for the 2nd print run. Kind of a good situation for Paizo, but a bad situation for anyone hoping for some fixes any time soon for this book. Errors and possible balance adjustments now probably won't happen for a long while, even with the current errata cycle working as intended.
We have a lot of things planned, including a playtest straight off!! So, we hope you all have a good year with us too ^_^ Seeing as we're now into the last week of January, is there any updates on when this playtest is supposed to happen? 'Cause I'm curious, given we were supposed to get this playtest "straight off" this year. If plans changed, that's perfectly fine. It'd just be nice to know, so we're not waiting on something that's not coming soon anymore.
Hey y'all, this past weekend STF Network hosted their STF CON and had a livestreamed panel with some of the Starfinder Team to talk about SF2E! They cover several topics, including news about Tales from the Vast, new future adventures for SF2E, and even Tech Core! I did a big write-up about it over on Reddit, so please check it out! Link to the post can be found HERE! Also, please check out STF Network's VOD of the panel as well! Link to the VOD can be found HERE!
A visual bug that should probably be addressed: All of the options under the "Account" drop down menu are underlined by default. Whereas the rest of the drop-down menus only underline the particular option if you hover your mouse over that option. Link to a screenshot of the visual bug can be found HERE. It's been bugging me (LMAO) for weeks now, and hopefully the website team can get that adjusted ASAP.
Did they mention new playtests? I didn't watch the stream. Maya hinted we'd be getting a playtest early this year in the Fall Errata 2025 thread. We have a lot of things planned, including a playtest straight off!! So, we hope you all have a good year with us too ^_^ Link to that post can be found HERE.
Where is the post playtest discussion we normally get that hints at the most generic design directions they could go (even that isn't great information, but that wasn't shared). You mean the debriefing? 'Cause that was posted, like, almost a year ago. Link to it can be found HERE. Again, I'm not too terribly happy with Paizo's marketing department, either. But I imagine the answer to a lot of your questions will come somewhere in the 6 months we got from now until GenCon. I'm placing my hopes on PaizoCon for the biggest info drops, personally.
On the other hand, if they reveal a bunch of info now, there'd be very little to talk about during the 6 months span from now and GenCon. Like, believe me. I've been extremely frustrated at the lack of info about the GenCon 2026's releases before this Paizo LIVE. And I do believe there's been some major mistakes done on the marketing side of Paizo. But I can understand wanting to drip feed info on a book, VS giving it all up and having little to talk about for half of a year. Now, if only Paizo could talk about what the heck's happening with SF2E's Tech Core, THAT would be good to know. The book's been soft announced in GM Core and Alien Core. The least they could do is tell us if it's coming this year or not!
And for those of us who don’t engage with Paizo Live - what are these glorious reveals? They also revealed the next Starfinder novel, "Assault on Absalom Station." It's a direct sequel to the last one, "Era of the Eclipse." Written by Tim Pratt. Set to come out in August 2026. And Lost Omens: High Seas is slated to come out in early July, fyi.
If I recall correctly, the next Paizo Live is going to mostly be Pathfinder-centric. They're for sure talking about Dark Archives Remastered, I think perhaps Secrets of Magic remastered as well (less confident on that), and a mysterious "third title" that will be revealed in the third part of the video. I imagine most people are hoping that will be the thus-far unknown book linked to the Impossible Playtest and thus the Necromancer and Runesmith classes, unless they want to hold off hyping that until next PaizoCon to build hype for GenCon '26 Well, you were kinda sorta right. The main topics of the stream were not those books, instead being about the Hellbreakers Adventure Path, the Operation Hellmouth novel, and the new Spellfinder casual card game from Paizo. But we did get some big announcements for GenCon releases at the very start of the stream! For GenCon 2026 (starting on July 30th), we're getting Pathfinder Impossible Magic, which will contain the Necromancer and Runesmith, as well as the Remastered versions of the Magus and Summoner. We're also getting a new Lost Omens book in July, called Lost Omens: High Seas. This will cover all the coastal regions to set sail to, such as the Shackles, Mediogalti Island, the Mordant Spire, and some underwater locations. And there'll be some playable options inside as well, of course. As for Starfinder, the GenCon 2026 release will be Absalom Station, a big setting book all about the titular space station. There'll be 4 organization-based archetypes (the Aspis Consortium, Ghost Couriers, Eyeswide Agency, and the Stewards), and two new playable ancestries (the Nuar and the Gnarefuroids). There's also a new Starfinder novel coming out in August, called Assault on Absalom Station. It's a sequel to the previously released novel, Era of the Eclipse.
Hopefully, and yes temper expectations, we get an announcement today during paizo live. But if a play test were to start this month, that seems like the best way to get the ball rolling. Bad news: Paizo Live just concluded, and no mention of the playtest. So hopefully we'll get a blog announcing it soon. The next Paizo Live will be on February 13th, due to 1) it being Friday the 13th and making it extra spooky, and 2) because February 4th is Rue Dickey's birthday and they wanna celebrate it. :V
I believe the stance for a lot of stuff not yet brought over from 1st Edition, including a lot of the missing dragons, is "We've not had the chance yet to bring them over, but they still exist in the world and lore of Pathfinder." Unless it's a select few things, like the Drow in the Remaster (but not in Starfinder 2E), some select gods (like Tiamat or Kostchtchie), or some concepts (like Chromatic/Metallic Dragons). Those things are retcon'd or faded into the background until a new, Paizo-flavored replacement is made. Otherwise, they may or may not get to it. But Paizo is pretty interested in making new things, too.
There's also the Executor Dragon...? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯So do we have all of the OG DnD caste's replacements now??The only one we don't know the name of is the replacement for the Gold Dragon. If I were a betting man, I'd say the Vizier Dragon sounds like the closest fit to them, compared to the other options (Wailing and Wish). I mean, maybe? They didn't allude to whether or not the Executor Dragon was a new or Remastered dragon when Eleanor and Luis talked about it in the last Paizo LIVE!.
So do we have all of the OG DnD caste's replacements now?? The only one we don't know the name of is the replacement for the Gold Dragon. If I were a betting man, I'd say the Vizier Dragon sounds like the closest fit to them, compared to the other options (Wailing and Wish).
For those who missed yesterday's Paizo LIVE!, I did a write-up of the spoilers that were found during the livestream, including some pictures Luis and Eleanor showed off of some new dragons and some foldout pages we're getting in Lost Omens: Draconic Codex! Link to the write-up can be found HERE.
For those who missed yesterday's Paizo LIVE!, I did a write-up of the spoilers that were found during the livestream, including some pictures Luis and Eleanor showed off of some new dragons and some foldout pages we're getting in this very book! Link to the write-up can be found HERE.
I don't recall ever seeing this be said. Do you have a source for this information?
Red Dragon = Cinder Dragon Green Dragon = Horned DragonBlack Dragon = Bog Dragon Blue Dragon = Stormcrowned Dragon White Dragon = Rime Dragon Brass Dragon = Whisper Dragon
There's currently no confirmed names for the previously Gold or Silver Dragons at this time.
...now, if you want to see what my take on a primal dragon with links to metal might look like, you'll want to keep an eye out for my other draconic contribution to this book. ^_^ I think it'll spark peoples' interest. OH, YOU TEASE! November 17th can't come fast enough (for subscribers)!
Wow, OK, so I was apparently super wrong about this. Could of sworn they came out at the same time, but looks like Draconic Codex isn't released yet, and isn't in PDF form until December 3rd.It could happen, though it'll likely be coming out at the same time the book is. Paizo.com's going to be down for a few days while they revamp their store page starting on the 3rd; they're likely to be down on the 4th and 5th as well. Lost Omens: Draconic Codex was originally scheduled to release at the same time as Monster Core 2 and Alien Core, but it got delayed at the last minute. It's now set to release on December 3rd, with subscribers all set to get their .PDFs when their cards are charged on November 17th (per the new subscriptions process due to the launch of the new webstore).
They are impacted, though. If your Doomed condition reduces your (theoretical) Dying value to 0, you die instantly. The Undead would, therefore, be destroyed instantly. To be more specific with the Requiem Dragon's breath weapon and its mechanics, if such an Undead creature is already Doomed when they're hit with the Requiem Dragon's breath weapon, they instead increase their Doomed value. So they can eventually have their Doomed value increased to Doomed 4. AKA Instant Death.
Ok, but does the Despair Dragon have a pair of small dot like eyes or a trio of big vertical eyes?The big eyes are fake. :) Ah! So like the Basilisks from the Dark Souls series of games. Big ol' eyes to scare people with, tiny little eyes to actually see with!
Bronze -> Sage According to Lost Omens: Shining Kingdoms (there is a previously-Bronze Dragon NPC referred to as a Sage Dragon).So that means Gold and Silver Dragons are the last ones left to be named in the Remaster.
Will PDF only subscriptions be coming? Between the price of books going up and the price of shipping to Canada going up, books are getting hard to afford. Jim Butler said this earlier in this thread:
Will there be a complete list of dragon options for dragonblooded sorcerers and barbarbians and acolytes in the Draconic Codex? Yes, it was described as an incredibly large chart that covers all of those things, for all the dragons in Draconic Codex, Monster Core and Monster Core 2.
And the Kickstarter has launched, met it's funding goal, and blown through it's first 3 stretch goals, and likely will have hit their 4th (as yet unannounced) by the time it's morning in Spain and they can send another update. Blew past the 4th stretch goal, and now we're practically about to pass the 5th! Who knows what else will be afterwards.
For those who have this adventure, anything interesting you've read in it so far? Any interesting creatures or player options in the adventure backmatter?
As the main video editor for Narrative Declaration, I'm really glad that Uliu-451 (his name plate, minus the numbers, on the video version is right below his animated avatar!) resonated with you! I'd love to see the ancestries the team played in Junker's Delight (Ramiyels, Moyishuus, Wrikreechees, SROs and Greys) brought back into SF2E so we could run it back with that team again. But totally understandable to try and prioritize other ancestries with more interesting stories to tell before them.
As for the Greys? I think that part may be speculative. Not speculation. Jenny Jarzabski mentioned in the unofficial Starfinder Discord server the following: Good news! No more reptoids ever! Probably no grays either. Grays are just low on the list but not a no go. There’s more interesting aliens to stat first. Personally I am not into them but it’s not all about me. Reptoids should have never existed though. As for the original confirmation of Reptoids not being in SF2E, it was Jenny last year that confirmed (on the same Discord server) that Reptoids would not be seeing a return: No reset. The team wants to preserve and add on to classic lore. There are a couple of changes but they are either legally necessary or a result of sensitivity concerns nearly 10 years later; for instance, spoilers, reptoids are not showing up again (but you can have them in your games, we're just not touching them with a 30 foot pole at this point.) Most changes we want to make are things we'll show narratively, for example, Drift Lanes popping up after the Drift Crisis and creating a new golden era of piracy, or Aucturn hatching and sending a wave of TrAnSdiMenSiOnAl PsYcHiC EnErGy across the galaxy.
Have we heard anything about a new set of minis representing some of the new creature looks in the revised Monster Core book? No news yet. Monster Core 2 won't be out until November 5th, so maybe a a bit before/after the street date we'll see a Pawn Box for Monster Core 2 be announced.
Are there starship building rules in the GM Core? I have a group ready and willing to play a new campaign that involves a fair amount of starship combat and they want to design their own ship. If it's not in the GM Core, what book will it be in and when will THAT be released? There are narrative starship combat rules in GM Core, more akin to complex hazards alongside the Victory Point system from PF2E. If you're looking for the more tactical starship rules and statblocks, that's slated to come out in a book called Tech Core (according to GM Core!). As for when that book comes out... we don't know! I believe, due to the fact that Tech Core is gonna have 2 classes in it (Technomancer and Mechanic), and the fact we're supposed to get another playtest to cover the tactical starship rules, I believe Tech Core being a GenCon 2026 release makes the most sense.
The Paizo Live stream mentioned in this blog has been delayed to August 22nd, according to Paizo staff in the comments of the original "Get Ready for GenCon" blog post. If the date could be edited to prevent further confusion, it'd be appreciated!
The PDF release is also not listed. Is it safe to assume that's also September 3rd? Yes, the .PDFs come out at the same street date as the physical book. There's no way to pre-order the .PDF before the street date (aside from joining the subscription for the free .PDF), so they don't post the date for .PDFs usually.
I thought Tech Core would have been next after the Alien Core, but with the announcement of the Galaxy Ancestry Guide, I wonder if the Tech Core is also the book with Starships in it, and might be after the Galaxy Ancestry Guide. Sounds like we will get more announcements later this month, so hard to tell. I'd argue that Galactic Ancestries is NOT a Lost Omens equivalent. Maybe Galaxy Guide from earlier this year, as that was a majority of setting dressing and lore, VS the player content in it (6 ancestries and 6 archetypes). Galactic Ancestries seems to be absolutely packed with new options, even more so than the more heavily player-options-focused Lost Omens book, "Lost Omens: Ancestry Guide". Options for new ancestries, 1E-returning ancestries, new options for Player Core ancestries, and Starfinder-specific options and advice for porting over Pathfinder 2E core ancestries sounds a lot more content-forward than any Lost Omens equivalent.
This product is still missing a specific release date: "Preorder expected mid-August 2025" Look further down. Just below "Available Formats": "Product Availability Preorder, expected approximately 3 Sep 2025" This location usually has the actual street date, versus the estimate on the right-hand side.
Has book with the mechanic class been announced? Not officially by Paizo, no. They mention that Technomancer will be in a book called "Tech Core" within the text of Player Core, so I'd imagine that's the book that Paizo will also put the Mechanic in. Tech Core was also leaked in the initial Barnes & Noble description from Alien Core. Apparently there's a special Paizo livestream happening on the 15th, talking about adventures and future releases. Maybe they'll announce Tech Core then? Who knows.
And yet weird that Paizo haven’t mentioned anything about this…once. They did. It was announced at both the physical panel and the pre-recorded panel that went up on YouTube for GenCon. They also shared Epictellers Entertainment's announcement across their various social media platforms. So they did mention this. More than once.
They are good enough for Second Edition. Which is why we playtested them this year, why the playtest versions are Society legal until the full releases are out, and why this piece of fiction is even up on the blog. Technomancer and Mechanic are coming. We just have to be patient.
From what was teased by Thurston in Roll of Combat's stream this past Wednesday, it seems like the team is interested in publishing SF2E-specific feats and options for PF2E ancestries. I'd be down for that if that gets announced!
They've been doing 3-part Adventure Paths for a while now. So 3-part APs = 4 APs per year = Quarterly release, basically.
What level will this be? It's a 3rd level adventure, according to Luis Loza in the last Q&A livestream.
Yeah, I got questions. Will any of the panels be streamed on Twitch like they have been in previous years? Will we get a Keynote telling us the biggest reveals for this coming year? Or is everything just gonna be at the con only? As someone who has only been able to experience PaizoCon and GenCon via the online experiences, I hope there's at least some kind of attempt for an online element this year. There's a huge portion of us who would appreciate some kind of online presentation this year, please.
Question: is it the player core or the gm core that will have the rules for implementing pathfinder classes in starfinder. A fair number seem like they would fit the sci-fi setting of starfinder. It's a section in the GM Core that will have that advice.
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