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Perhaps I'm still suffering from the psychological scars caused by the destruction of LG but the new Starfinder button showing up filled me with dread.

Has there been official word from Paizo concerning whether or not the release of Starfinder will coincide with the death of Pathfinder (and more specifically PFS).

Has there been any announcement that PFS is intended to be "phased out" in the near future? Do they have at least a tentative commitment to continue PFS through Season 9 and into Season 10?

Starfinder society does exist, and will not phase Pathfinder, nor PFS, in any way. Starfinder has entirely different creative teams, while Jason Buhlman is on the creative team for Starfinder, he is not the creative director. If anything, Paizo is just going to become a Two-Headed Monster of the gaming community. Pathfinder and Starfinder.

So, I've decided to go ahead and stat out an NPC in my homebrew campaign using the Pathfinder ruleset. I've never had a reason to do so yet (because, seriously, woe be to the first person to pick a fight with this guy) but I figured it'd be better to get it out of the way. As far as power level, I'm looking for something that seems roughly in line with demon lord status- not something that a group of 20th-level PCs would be able to beat without lots of help.

The NPC in question is the world's original vampire. In my campaign world, virtually every vampire (save a couple stragglers created via necromantic anomalies) were either created directly by him over the last thousands of years, or were created by one of his spawn (or his spawn's spawn, etc.). In life, he was a human fighter, specializing in sword-and-board, and in undeath, he's only gotten stronger, more cunning, and more manipulative. And when I say he should seem around demon-lord power level, I mean it. Back when he was alive, he was friends with more than one person that went on to become the gods of the Greyhawk pantheon.

My first question is: Since he was a fighter in life, should I use a 20th-level Human Fighter as a base? Or would that result in something far too weak (considering anything with 20 HD is sure to fall quickly against a group of 20th-level PCs)? Would it be better to simply give him however many HD I think is appropriate, and then give him unique abilities to emulate typical fighter features?

I honestly don't see anyone ever fighting this guy, but it seems like a fun exercise. Any help would be most appreciated!

Hey, I've been looking for my own Campaign and stumbled upon this thread. What ever came of the all-powerful vampire you made?