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Check out today's blog for an update about the prices of our PDFs moving forward from our CEO, Jim!

All hell breaks loose in this month's new releases! Brave the fires of adventure and emerge unscathed in the Pathfinder Adventure Path: Hellbreakers, Operation Hellmouth, A Pathfinder Novel, and more in yesterday's blog!

Hello Everyone!

After much deliberation from the team, we decided I should actually make an official announcement about this just in case my absence is noticed and causes alarm. I'm having surgery next week, and I need to heal and grow my blood back! I will be out of office starting on March 10th, and I will return on March 30th. The team will be covering my usual bases, but because they also have their own daily responsibilities, please expect forum and social media interaction to be slower during this time!

I will miss all of you! It's a very long time to be away, and I have a lovely home here. I will catch up with everything when I get back to the office on Monday the 30th.

Please also do not use this as a time to take advantage of my absence! All accounts that have warnings, please note those warnings are still in place, and the team has been informed on how to take action when I'm not here if necessary.

That being said, I'm issuing a new warning for every member of our forums! Be less funny! If I hear I missed your best Tar-Baphon or especially Chk-Chk jokes while I was in a hospital bed, I will be very upset! For the record, if it wasn't already clear, this is a joke warning!

Best,
- Maya (xe/xem/they/them)
Community And Social Media Specialist for Paizo Inc.

The people of Isger need YOU to push back their Chelaxian oppressors! Prepare for everything the new Pathfinder Adventure Path: Hellbreakers has in store with the Player's Guide, available yesterday in our blog!

Do you have what it takes to fight back against the tyranny of Cheliax or go head-to-head with the Corpse Fleet? Suit up for the dangers of the galaxy and the heat of the Hellfire crisis in this month's new Society Scenarios for Pathfinder and Starfinder!

In today's blog, catch up on this year's Legislative Game Day, where Adam and the Paizo crew brought the world of Golarion to the Washington Secretary of State, legislators, and staff!

You all spoke, and we’re changing course! With the Pathfinder Spring Errata blog just around the corner, take a look at this note from our design team about how we're addressing the weakness rules!

We released a clarification on how to apply weaknesses and interpret “instance of damage” with the set of FAQs for the 2nd printing of Pathfinder Player Core. With the overall negative response to the clarification, we want to acknowledge the community's preference for something easier to apply, as well as the particular concerns about the possibility of repeatedly triggering the same weakness multiple times in a way that feels unintuitive and exploitable. We hear you about the wording of the text in Player Core being too vague for all but the simplest situations, so we’re looking at both an erratum to that text and a full clarification with a deeper level of detail for those who want it.

We’re removing the old clarification to avoid further confusion. For GMs looking for immediate guidance, here’s the general idea behind the upcoming version, which should cover most situations: Each Strike, spell, or other effect can trigger multiple weaknesses, but each weakness can be triggered only once. All the damage being done as a part of the effect, regardless of its source, is combined before processing the immunities, weaknesses, and resistances. For example, a Spellstrike using thunderstrike and a shock weapon would combine all the electricity damage. For resistances, you still apply only the highest resistance if more than one resistance would apply to a single source and type of damage. This primarily happens with weapons that have a special material; a Strike with a cold iron spear against a creature with resistance 10 to cold iron and resistance 5 to piercing would reduce the damage by 10. Resistance to "all damage" still works as written, but will be reviewed during the process for consistency with any other revisions.

In reading your responses, we are seeing that many players already apply the rules this way, so hopefully the change will make the rules consistent with a large number of ongoing games. We want to allow creativity, preparedness, and item choice to be able to make a big difference in the right situation, but we don’t want players to feel like they need to stack multiple sets of damage of the same type to maximize weakness triggers.

We’re planning to issue the erratum with the Spring errata batch, most of which will cover Player Core 2. We hope to have the clarification then, but that wording takes a lot of workshopping. Immunities, weaknesses, and resistances are pretty easy to apply in most situations, but their potential complexity and the number of possibilities they need to cover at the extremes can be quite a tangle, so we thank you in advance for your patience

Please let us know what you think about this too in the comments!

It's your turn to test our two new classes coming to Pathfinder, the daredevil and the slayer! Read today’s blog to see how you can contribute to the Risks and Rewards Playtest!

Organized Play is bustling with new adventures and remaster updates from Pathfinder Dark Archive! Read today's blog from Alex to get the latest in Pathfinder and Starfinder Society!

Join ME, our Community and Social Media Specialist, and celebrate many of the talented black voices at Paizo for Black History Month in today's blog!

Love is in the air, and it's not just for the new gorgeous, ombre copaxi! Ok, who are we kidding. It's mostly for the gorgeous, ombre copaxi. See how you can spread love across the galaxy and the Pact Worlds in today's blog!

From unknown mysteries behind four walls to spectral secrets lurking in the darkest woods, this month's new releases bring exploration and discovery to the worlds of Pathfinder and Starfinder! Get new books, tokens, and more in today's blog!

Starfinder Second Edition is officially on Foundry Virtual Tabletop! Check out today's blog to learn about how the system got built, compatibility with Pathfinder Second Edition, and the new adventures that await you!

More Pathfinder stories, now for your ears: A wide range of Pathfinder Fiction is available on Audible! See what’s out now and where to start in today’s blog!

Hey everyone!

I wanted to post this in a public place for more optics! Based on emails that we've been getting that have been going to the wrong place, we've made some changes to out Contact Us page! Emails that get sent to the wrong place can be very frustrating for you all, and they just slow down our ability to help you, which is not what we want. We want to hear you and help you as quickly and as efficiently as we can, so we changes some of the phrasing for our contact emails on this page in an attempt to better facilitate that. Here's a look at what we did:

"General Inquiries" --> "General Marketing Inquiries"

- This was under the Marketing section, but general questions unrelated to Marketing were still getting sent to the Marketing email. We changed this to make it more clear for you! If you've got questions about Marketing or just want to reach the team, clicking this will let you send an email to marketing@paizo.com with your questions!

"Customer Service" --> "Customer Service and Support"

- This one might seem a bit weird, but we want to make it very clear where you can send your questions about orders or your account! Clicking this one will send you to our Customer Service page, where you can either find tips to troubleshoot on your own OR submit a ticket to customer.service@paizo.com for more help.

"Community Support" --> "Community Inquiries and Support"

- This one is for me! Yay! ^_^ If you have general questions about our community, donation game requests, or general questions that are NOT for Marketing and are NOT associated with your specific order or account (which should go to the Marketing Manager and the Customer Service team respectively), clicking this one will send an email to community@paizo.com, which will reach me!

We hope these changes make things more clear for everyone so that people can get to the right place faster and we can help you appropriately!

Check out yesterday's blog to see how you can join us at Gen Con and Origins by volunteering as a GM for Organized Play!

Pathfinder Society Scenarios have switched to the new scenario format for the new year! Read more about upcoming scenarios, the Accessory Perks program for Starfinder Society, and Game Master Ranks in today's blog!

The first Starfinder Second Edition Errata is here! Check out the blog for impactful changes to the game from the Starfinder Design Team!

Kick off your adventures with the upcoming releases for Pathfinder and Starfinder by subscribing today! Learn about Subscriber Day, coming up on January 20th, and all the advantages to getting your favorite lines early in today's blog!

Venture-Gossip travels to Tian Xia and gives you a sneak peek at Pathfinder Society Year 8 in today's blog!

Pathfinder and Starfinder bring all sorts of new intricate worlds to explore! Chart new paths for adventure and battle your favorite fierce foes on the new flip-mats in today's blog!

Malice lurks among the Leaves of Talhindir, and the livelihood of Ste Xinnith is in peril! Plunge into these adventures with new releases for Pathfinder and Starfinder Society!

From dice and minis to leshies you can hold, check out today's blog for all the best stocking stuffers from the worlds of Pathfinder and Starfinder!

The Pathfinder Lost Omens: Draconic Codex is now sanctioned for Pathfinder Society! Check out the character options and celebrate your local GMS in this month's Organized Play update from Alex!

Get a smorgasbord of books for Pathfinder from us and our friends at Humble Bundle this holiday season! Check out today's blog to see all the gifts perfect for under your virtual and real-life Christmas tree!

Learn about how the team at BKOM Studios chose the Abomination Vaults Adventure Path for the first Pathfinder action RPG in today's blog!

Dragons and peril everywhere! Check out the Pathfinder Lost Omens: Draconic Codex, the final installment in the Revenge of the Runelords Adventure Path, maps, and more in today's blog!

With the release of Pathfinder Lost Omens: Draconic Codex just around the corner, check out our final dragon blog and prepare your campaign for marvelous new monsters of the skies!

Will Zaluraak finally get what he believes he is owed? A draconic takeover is coming to Pathfinder Society in last week's blog!

In addition to four new space dragons, Starfinder Alien Core brings over 200 new creatures from the farthest reaches of the galaxy! Check out today's blog to see what lurks in the vast beyond!

Pathfinder's mightiest dragons are coming to you in miniature! Check out the dragonets and why they're more than just so stinking cute in today's blog!

Everything's coming up WizKids! Check out today's blog to see upcoming releases that take your battles to the next level and learn more about their new miniature subscriptions!

Starfinders Zizenzi and Kiha are missing, and the war between Andoran and Cheliax is intensifying! Solve the mystery in Pilferer’s Paradise and aid the fleeing gnomes of Brastlewark in this month's new installments for Pathfinder and Starfinder Society!

Pathfinder Monster Core 2 and Starfinder Alien Core are both sanctioned for Organized Play! Read about new releases, sanctioning updates, and join us in recognizing some very special GM's in today's Organized Play Monthly Update blog!

Many longtime community members may have noticed that your PDF downloads no longer have watermarks. That’s on purpose! We’ve streamlined the entire download process to make things smoother, cleaner, and a lot more user-friendly.

For those of you in Organized Play, no worries, we’ve got you covered. Show your receipt from paizo.com at your table, and our GMS and volunteers will use that for verification, so you can keep adventuring without interruptions. As always, thank you for helping us protect the integrity of our products, our company, and your stories.

If you’ve got questions, drop them in the comments; we’re here for it!

You didn't think Pathfinder would have all the dragon fun this month, did you? Check out the fierce dragons of the Pact Worlds in today's blog about the dragons from Starfinder Alien Core!