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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.

Gisher wrote:

Thanks for the update, Maya. :)

I get it. This has been a crazy year for Paizo, and this errata wasn't the highest priority. Hopefully things will be a bit calmer for all of you next year.

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.

I wish when they did these live streams they actually revealed something about the book's contents. Flashing a cover page with 4 iconics and... nothing else.

What are the changes being made to the two new classes from the playtest? What if any changes are happening for the magus/summoner? What archetypes, what new interesting options, etc.

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!

OceanshieldwolPF 2.5 wrote:

And for those of us who don’t engage with Paizo Live - what are these glorious reveals?

Three new books announced:

1. Impossible Magic, the Pathfinder Gen Con Release (Store Page)

2. Lost Omens: High Seas (Store Page), not sure when this will be out but sometime later this year.

3. For the Starfinder line there's going to be a book about Absalom Station (Store Page) also releasing at Gen Con.

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.

Driftbourne wrote:

There's a long list of needed forum updates. In the past, working on the new store was the reason given for not fixing them. Now that that is done, I'm hoping we'll hear soon about forum updates.

Besides the Errata page not being split up into SF1e and SF2e, the forums are not split up yet. Starfider needs more forum avatar art. The SF2e play-by-post lodge still isn't stuck to the top of the recruitment page, so it's hard to find.Augustana Station Lodge (SFS2).

At a minimum, as a quick fix, at least labeling the new errata as SF2e in the book title would help.

I think the next Paizo Live is this Friday. I'm hoping we hear what the plan is for the new year.

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

Hmmm...did they get rid of the Planar Dragons from 1st edition?

Or did they just remake them?
Like, the Paradise Dragon, Infernal Dragon, Apocalypse Dragon (etc etc)?
Did they get remade or is that coming later?

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.

Ezekieru wrote:

VerBeeker wrote:

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).

There's also the Executor Dragon...? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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.

We already know which traditions each of the Imperial Dragons are tied to.

Arcane: Sea and Underworld
Divine: Sky
Occult: Sovereign
Primal: Forest

I don't recall ever seeing this be said. Do you have a source for this information?

Does anyone have a comprehensive list of what Remaster Dragons are confirmed replacements for the old Metallic and Chromatic?

I believe Horned dragon Replaces Green and Cinder red.

Red Dragon = Cinder Dragon

Brass Dragon = Whisper Dragon
Bronze Dragon = Sage Dragon
Copper Dragon = Mocking 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)!

Perpdepog wrote:

JiCi wrote:

Still no news about the Dragonet...

Here's hoping for the next blog post to cover that :)

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.

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.

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).

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned that undead cannot be doomed by the breath weapon yet.

Dragons Most Fearsome!" By Luis Loza wrote:

Their breath is a line of spirit damage that dooms undead creatures, helping guarantee their destruction.

Undead are not impacted by doom since they are generally destroyed at 0 hp.

Doomed Condition wrote:

Your soul has been gripped by a powerful force that calls you closer to death. Doomed always includes a value. The dying value at which you die is reduced by your doomed value. If your maximum dying value is reduced to 0, you instantly die. When you die, you're no longer doomed.

Your doomed value decreases by 1 each time you get a full night's rest.

Oftentimes undead don't even have a soul present for the powerful force to grip in the first place.

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.

The Gold Sovereign wrote:

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!

Elfteiroh wrote:

And now with the latest blog, Dragons Most Fearsome, we know that the old brass-related dragon could be now called a "whisper dragon", an occult dragon with large networks of secrets and rumors from Monster Core 2!

(And in the comment, Luis spoiled that Umbral Dragons are coming in the Codex!)

So that gives us what?

Red -> Cinder
Green -> Horned
Black -> Bog
Blue -> Stormcrown
White -> Rime

Copper-> Mocking
Brass-> Whisper
Silver -> ???
Gold -> (Not empyreal)
Bronze -> ???

Bronze -> Sage

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:

We hear you, and we'll definitely review the topic again if Ordergroove (our subscription partner) adds the ability to include digital subscriptions. The only digital subscription it supports now is memberships, which can't include digital products like PDFs.

-Jim

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?

The point about quirky is well made, I think. Narrative Declaration had a grey as one of their PCs when they ran through "Junker's Delight" in SF1E.

His name was something like Ulioo--or something like it, I can't find it written down where I can read it--and he was a silly lil guy who flew into Pact Worlds space from a distant mothership to prep the solar system for invasion.

Then he landed his ship in a no-park zone, got it impounded, and adventures with the others to stump up the cash to pay off the fines.

He's a very silly and fun character, and I think something of a fan favorite. I could see the Starfriends trying to thread the needle of greys in that way; representing and playing up this cultural divide and friction between the greys who really only know their own society, and buy into their own hype, and the greys who communicate with other species and adjusting to the wider galaxy as something more than spooky pairs of eyes looking out of the dark.

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.

Driftbourne wrote:

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.

Think of Galaxy Ancestry as a Lost Omens book and Tech Core as a core rulebook. There will likely be at least two books per year for Starfinder, as there is an array of core books and lost omens books for Pathfinder. Just a matter of learning which Starfinder books are core and which are "Space Lost Omens" as it does not look like Paizo plans to place a marketing distinction

But yes, ultimately I'm content with the approach. It's a fair approach.

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.

Sigh. Technomancer is what drew me to this game. And now they're not good enough for Second Edition?

Probably show up next year as Player Core part 2, or Advanced Classes.

And I just went out to buy the Core book at my local fantasy book store. Rather disappointing.

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!

"What goes into outlining, assigning, designing, and developing Paizo’s quarterly Adventure Paths?"

Since when have APs been quarterly, have I missed an announcement?

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.

Bungie, take notes - this is how to be badass. I personally think a Destiny crossover would be a better fit (literal space magic and godlike beings and whatnot), but cool nonetheless.

This was only made possible because Luis Loza was able to reach out to Digital Extremes last year and got the ball rolling. I'm sure if Paizo had a way to contact someone at Bungie who were interested in doing a similar product, something from Destiny could happen!

PS had to go looking on Reddit, but it looks like the names of the Battlecry! archetypes are

- Aldori Duelist (remastered with new feats)
- Crossbow Infiltrator (un-Drow Shootist)
- Field Propagandist
- Guerilla
- Iridian Choirmaster
- Munitions Master (Inventor)
- Necrologist (swarmkeeper with undead hordes)
- War Mage (Wizard)

There's also a Captain archetype in the Followers section, as well.

Has there been an announcement on the GenCon Panel Streams schedule?

Nope, not yet! Hopefully they'll release the details soon. We're almost 2 weeks out from GenCon's start, after all!

When the rewards are tied to going on media platforms that one reasonably does not feel safe on and could actively imperil one's existence to get some e-coin, that's a problem.

The reward for following Paizo on Twitter, is the equivalent of spending $5 on Paizo's site. Something you can easily do by leaving a review for one of Paizo's products instead. A reward that's only 1/10 of the way to getting the cheapest actual reward you can spend gold on. It's quite literally nothing in the grand scheme of one's lifetime as a Paizo customer.

Heck, it's not even a recurring reward. You can quite literally make a burner account on Twitter, follow Paizo there, link the account, wait for the site's API to check, get the 5 gold, and then immediately delete the Twitter account. You wouldn't have to actually use or interact with the site in any meaningful way possible if you truly felt like you were missing out on the 5 gold you could get.

I'm sorry, I get the meaning behind the outrage. Twitter has devolved into a platform that rewards awful people, grifters, and many people who are truly horrific to those I love and wish to protect in my life. But Paizo isn't endorsing those terrible people in any way by having an official account on what is still one of the (if not THE) top-used social media platforms, and rewarding customers who follow their actual account and not any of the numerous other imposter accounts there could be on there. And they're especially not endorsing any said actions when the reward is a measly 5 gold that can be gotten easily in other ways.

Prince Maleus wrote:

The 4 Mythic Destinies themes are Runelord, Past Heroes, Time and Warshard/Artifact

Where did you learn this? Or are you just guessing?

They were announced at PaizoCon, in the "Adventures in Golarion" panel. Link to the panel found HERE.

Ezekieru wrote:

Arkat wrote:

This really should be a 1-20 AP or AT LEAST an 11-20 AP.

We have a whole separate other Mythic Adventure Path that will be 12-20. If you want, you can even combine the two together. Just gotta skip over level 11, I guess.

Will it include the new Mythic rules? Is it set in Iblydos or at least in an Iblydos-like setting?

What is the name of this additional AP?

Revenge of the Runelords, as the other commenters have noted, is the Mythic AP I'm talking about. It spans from levels 12-20. There'll be new Mythic Destinies in this AP, including being an Avenging Runelord Destiny, a general Hero/Scion Destiny, a Timewrecked Destiny, and a Warshard Hero Destiny.

It won't be in Iblydos, however. It deals with the Saga Lands and New Thassilon instead.

This really should be a 1-20 AP or AT LEAST an 11-20 AP.

We have a whole separate other Mythic Adventure Path that will be 12-20. If you want, you can even combine the two together. Just gotta skip over level 11, I guess.

Hey Maya, is there a Paizo Live tonight?

Nope! They said as such at the end of May's Paizo LIVE! that there wouldn't be one for June, due to all the news that would be dropped at PaizoCon.

Hi, sorry to bother but I'm not quite sure what to do here I've seen here mention that if you purchased the original Treasure Vaults that you'd receive a copy of the remastered pdf for free, how do I go about claiming it? I've checked my digital content but its not there.

The Remastered .PDF is not out yet. From Maya a couple posts ago:

It's scheduled to release tomorrow, but technology can be a fickle friend. I wouldn't count on it being available on the dot, but it's planned for soon after!

So it's probably not released yet. Just give it a bit, maybe even half a day or so, for it to show up in your downloads.

So I'm just getting into PF, and I'm trying to make sure I don't buy things that are redundant.

Is the monster core 2 the ORC equivalent of the Bestiary 2? And if so, should I hold off on buying Bestiary 3 and 4 in the hopes that monster cores 3 and 4 will be released?

I want stuff in the ORC "ruleset" (yes, I know they're compatible) rather than the OGL one when I can. Should I hold off on buying rulebooks unless they're ORC?

More or less: are all the OGL books soft confirmed to eventually be released as ORC books?

Monster Core took the most iconic creatures from Bestiary 1-3 and put them in one book and Remastered them. Monster Core 2 takes the next most iconic set of creatures from those 3 books and Remaster them as well.

Not sure how many more creatures will be left amongst the 3 books that might necessitate a 3rd Monster Core book. It's possible, but we'll have to wait and see.

(Also, PF2E only had Bestiary 1-3, not a 4th one. PF1E had Bestiary 1-6, for the record).