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Does the manual say what the Keleshites think of the other races of Golarion?

My brothers of Qadira and I think camels deserve greater respect than any filthy Taldan!

Qadirans tend to think of themselves as Qadiran first, Keleshite second, and whatever other ethnic identity they may claim third.

This is why it hurt to lose the Qadiran PFS faction. :(

I recently picked up the Skull & Shackles base set and a couple Class Decks and hope to demo the game for some prospective players. I'd like to start scheduling Organized Play at one of our local gaming stores once enough players are familiar with the game and show continued interest in playing. However, I'm wondering who the player base commonly tends to be. Are these players coming from the PFS-RPG or are players mostly unique to the ACG?

I think we are a medium-sized market for PFS-RPG. We have a little more than a dozen regulars and a handful of others who occasionally attend events. We have one weekly PFS event, two monthly events, and additional Core events we just started offering every other week. It ranges between 1-3 tables at each event. There is currently no OP of the ACG at the stores in our area where we schedule PFS.

Some of the PFS players and I are still unclear as to how much OP of the ACG ties in with the RPG. 30 scenarios with 45+ hours is a lot of commitment beyond our other activities. Will playing the ACG benefit the players of the RPG or should I find players from a separate board game group who don't know anything about Pathfinder? If there are retirement arc type boons for completing each season of the ACG, I could probably convince current PFS players to join, but if the boons are one-time uses to boost a skill check, then I don't think that player base will have any interest.

Is there a recommendation of starting with Wrath of the Righteous or Skull & Shackles? Since I own the Skull & Shackles base set, I planned to use that for our players to learn. If we schedule public games at our local store, should start with Wrath instead? Does Paizo also provide the store with the Adventure Packs or only a copy of the base set?

Thanks!

"Booker, catch!"

...do you know if races from the advanced race guide are going to get favored class options for the Occult Adventures classes?

Are there any plans for these races to have favored class options for the Advanced Class Guide as well? Those classes are also limited to core races.

Will this provide favored class options for any additional races?

For instance, the elemental races (undine, ifrit, oread, sylph) would benefit from some options with the kineticist. I don't believe we've seen options for additional races with classes from the Advanced Class Guide either. The shaman lacks similar favored class options those races have with cleric and druid.

I saw him up there keeping an eye on the kobolds, but forgot to snap a photo from the floor when the event was over.

Check out http://rockymountainpfs.com, if you haven't so far. It's a pretty active community there.

It's too bad the GM star replays won't reset each year. Our VC and VLs have been telling our GMs for the last year to plan for them resetting. Because of that, we've had a couple GMs waste their credit on scenarios they didn't plan to replay, but wanted to help fill a table.

I think it also hurts the incentive for welcoming new GMs. More options to replay something was very enticing. I'd be curious to hear why the decision was made to keep them one-time uses, apart from the convention boons mentioned in the Know Direction podcast. Some extra info on the convention boons would be helpful too. (Are they available the same way as other con boons or only to those GMing at a con?)