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As a person who liked starfinder, finding out it's going to just be a supplement line for PF2e is abit disappointing. Since 1 to 1 compatibility just means the game will have loads of things from Pathfinder that don't mesh with the game's pitch, just because it is in Pathfinder.

At least the old books wont be going anywhere, but I was hoping when a SF 2e happened that it'd be an evolution of Starfinder.

That is a fair point, though from taking a look at the Soldier playtest the team seems to be willing to take a look at design spaces outside of what PF2E did thus far. The introduction of new conditions also bodes well for making the system work.

I do think Paizo's decision is healthier from a company standpoint though, and as someone who likes Starfinder for the setting and the writing that has been done for it, I am glad that this opens up more resources for that.

so where does this put "Starfinder Enhanced"? redundant? duplicated? out-moded?

Is there any point still being excited about Enhanced when Second is coming.

It's Pathfinder-compatible but not Starfinder-compatible?

We're mid-campaign, 3/6 of Fly Free Or Die... not sure the rework will help that campaign.

Starfinder Enhanced seems to be a mixture of a "last hurrah" for SF1E and "Pathfinder Unchained", introduced some streamlines, fixes and alternate rules the Starfinder team wanted to test... partially in preparation for this, I am guessing.

Oh, this is delightful. Mixing and matching PF and SF stuff is something I was always hoping to do. Also increases the likelihood of me getting to GM some Science-Fantasy goodness - my player's just prefer the PF2e system.

The tease about Zon-Shelyn is fun, though I had my own ideas what Shelyn's absence could lead to...

Looking forward to entering the Dark Archive and waiting for the FVTT version of the Blood Lords AP.

Updating the system to a "fair" one, also has another option:
Since the PDF is a bonus, and early access is not contractually guaranteed nor promised, they could also just unlock the PDFs for subscribers on release day, no matter when it actually ships :)

I appreciated the Pawns line as an alternative to minis, which I never was into due to cost and space.

But I can see how the cancellation of the line came to be, with increased shipping and printing cost, cardboard not being as readily available anymore, and probably lower demand.

I can say for myself that I haven't bought a pawns set in over 2 years due to a shift to online gaming.

Though, admittedly, I'd still appreciate at least digital character/monster art packs, for printing or use in VTTs as needed, of character and monster artwork.

I also think Drift Crisis is a good book and inspired a few adventure ideas in me.
I like the metaplot format where it is easy to add, remove and use in a campaign depending on what you want. I can easily set adventures in the Drift Crisis or before, without much mucking about. If I decide on a canon resolution (or play through it), after would be an option too. Though, I play loosely with time between different adventures/groups etc. which other GMs might not.

:) These are the people that I like supporting and keep me buying Paizo, Path- and Starfinder products with their contributions (among others, but significantly).

Hello Paizo Team,

I have sent several CS inquires per e-mail (Tickets 153785, 156739 and 157104) and am waiting for replies for between 2 and 8 weeks. My subscription cancellation was done timely, which I appreciate.
If there is a backlog that CS has to work through and response times are affected, I would appreciate a thread like we've had previously about the size of the backlog/expected response times. Generally I would appreciate open communication if there are waiting times involved, in any form, really.
Thank you for your hard work.

The additional materials in this volume are a lot of fun. Great campaign continuation ideas, I loved the article on the negative energy plane (and the Drift Crisis gives me an excuse to throw players in there... for a bit), and the monsters were delightfully creepy.

I wrote Paizo to cancel subscriptions and ask about an ETA on a reply for my previous message, about the IOSS.
Today I got the automated confirmation that the subscriptions were cancelled, but no reply on my ticket(s). Guess this must be difficult for them behind the scenes.

A payment authorization went through, but not the actual payment or a shipping notification. Guess I'll have to wait until next week.

Hope others had better luck!

Dawn of the last day...

I have a less standard order this month, and those seem to be usually further back in the queue. But I am excited for the finale of Horizons of the Vast nevertheless.

I also messaged Paizo about this, from Austria here. I have not yet gotten a reply.
Our post office informed me that the payment of the tax should be registered digitally before the package arrives and is scanned here, and if the scan comes up empty on customs' information they just process it locally. So something seems to be up or too slow with the IOSS registration?
I would have liked to see this fixed before this month's subscription shipment, but I'll be going all digital after that anyway.

Oh, these are excellent news with impressive looking previews.

Speculation on my reaction to the content of this book: First, disappointment when a species I particularly enjoy is not one of the ones chosen for this book. Then reading and being blown away what the writers did with the species in it, ha. Looking forward to it.

Oh, and I do hope species is wholesale replacing race in Starfinder. Including reprints of previous books, honestly. I just wonder what the adjective "racial" could be changed into, I guess species as an attributive noun instead still works. Species modifier. Yeah.

Ohhh, negative energy plan! Exciting.

I saw a very good post today on another site how TDOV changed from the need of being seen to being more about the need of the struggles and problems being seen. I do really hope that improvements will continue, despite reactionary backslashes, for all of you in the now and soon.

(Uh, hello everyone. I'm Mimski, a gay man, cis [I, uh, have some what I call 'gender thoughts', but those are complicated] using he/they pronouns. I tend to mostly lurk in online spaces, because I have the tendency to get obsessed with "keeping up" to my detriment. I wish everyone the best though!)

Congratulations to you and the rest of the team on the success of Abomination Vaults!

What projects are you currently working on? Still Kingmaker, or have new things joined the plate?
Hope I didn't mix up you working on the Kingmaker re-release.

Thank you Maggie! This is an excellent post. I hope more and more people will step up to protect trans people.

Thank you for your reply.

My order is now also on its way :)

No, no, I get that, especially since it is two different departement. It's not like CS can run out and mail my package. I'm just antsy and curious.

Out of curiosity, how quickly did your stuck orders ship after being "nudged"? Wrote CS and got a reply that it is ready to ship. Though, it hasn't shipped yet after a work day/me going to sleep. Getting a bit restless for SoT6 haha.

Oh, sorry, I misunderstood! I do not know if that's possible. Apologies.

In your Account Settings in the left column the box the last box is called "Privacy Settings". There you can set messaging and e-mail preferences.
Here is also a direct link to just the settings box, I hope that works if you can't find it.

Hello James,
hope you're doing well.

I am curious what you inspires you to write/while writing. Is it mostly your life experiences, other writing you enjoy (books, movies), or maybe non-narrative media too, like music?

I wish you both the best, and thank you for your hard work.

Welcome back James! I hope you will have a good time in thread now.

My Malevolence group has mostly finished the adventure, we will have a short epilogue session next week or so. Everyone had a lot of fun with memorable moments, I'd say.
Before jumping into the next Pathfinder adventure I want to have a few sessions playing something else. Outside of a Starfinder one-shot I don't have any plans yet and am curious:
What are some non-Pathfinder TTRPGs that you enjoy? I am guessing Call of Cthulhu too.

Also waiting, and delighted that the ("new") EU import fees are paid upfront now. Which means I immediately pay the full price and the local post office does not get another handling fee. With that I do not mind the dealys on SoT and the Starfinder APs, because I think this shipment will be overall cheaper than if I had gottem them monthly, with the previous setup. (Where the post office had to look into the import tax and then I had to pay that plus a handling fee on pickup.)

Oh, exciting!

I agree that the LO book line is very fun too read. I am always excited for new LO offerings currently. Haven't been disappointed yet.

Happy New Year and thank you for making these fun magic items.

Oh, thank you. I must've missed the one in DoF.

I liked the god art in the book, and I agree that Oras is a standout. I also got a good chuckle out of Weydan's art. It's very in character.

On Eloritu's runes: Have all 6 been revealed yet? I thought we were up to 5. Did I miss one?

Everyone did a great job on the book, I agree! And I find it pretty cool that James Jacobs got to retool his creations for Starfinder. In general, the Gods section was a highlight for me.

Welcome Maggie.

I am guessing this is because of the bug during the, I think it was, Black Friday sale, when Galactic Magic, the Absalom Book and something else were available early (the PDFs that is) for a bit, and Paizo then turned off access to the PDFs manually. I guess they now have to switch it back to available.

I would like to jump in here saying that I have enjoyed your writing a lot in these recent years, and I think it is very good. A small anecdote relating to that: One of my players, who was previously in an Iron Gods campaign and now plays Malevolence, very early on in Malevolence picked up on overarching themes in very specific ways. A similar thing happened in Iron Gods, which I know you outlined and not wrote all of it personally, but I think it speaks of the strength and quality of your writing. Things are very thematic and coherent.

And my question is, what is something you are looking forward too, in particular? It might be a game or a movie coming out next year, or something entirely else, like maybe making a favourite dish soon?

Thank you for your contributions. I wish everyone here plenty of good days.

Disability visibility is one of the things I became invested in quite early into adulthood (due to some experiences showing me how deep ableism runs and how badly people are affected by it) and continue being passionate about (due to being vocal about my own health issues and motivating and helping friends and acquaintances that they should make themselves heard and get the support they need. Which unfortunately nowadays is still stigmatised and often just difficult and unwieldy for a lot of people.)
Even if you don't want to be open about all your diagnoses/disabilities/health problems with everyone/strangers/at a gaming table:
Know that you still deserve support and should be able to ask for accomodations.

I hope to see more in the vein of Grand Bazaar from Paizo, since the disability aides and how these things were handled was a great hit with my players :)

Everything I see here looks great and I am very much looking forward to Dark Archives, and the expanded Thaumathurge options. One of my players is already having a blast with his Thaumathurge in Malevolence (with a little bit of home-brewing how to handle the Recall Knowledge stuff).

Thank you for the playtest, and those interesting teases :)
DA is shaping up to be a very cool book, I feel.

I am glad that Paizo is making a clear statement against transphobia on the boards here and already put some work in.

Otherwise I think a lot of important stuff has been said in the comments, and, as always, listen to trans folks about what is transphobic or not.

I do hope the union will be involved in the processes mentioned.

And I agree that the language used with regards to the transphobic policy is very weak and a non-apology.

Congratulations, and I hope this is the beginning of Paizo taking some more steps to improve working conditions.

I am currently preparing to GM Malevolence, and I wanted to thank you for the content warnings in the book. That made it easy for my group to discuss in advance what tone and content we want to go for. Now everyone is excited to build their characters. As well as delving into a haunted house.

Onto the question! Is there a dish that you find unexpectedly amazing? Something you made or someone talked you into trying, and you just did not expect to enjoy that food as much as you did?

I support this and hope the company will recognise the Union.

Paizo generally does not reprint AP volumes. I'm afraid you'll have to use the PDF or try to get it somewhere else.

I appreciate this coming out before the playtest and containing concrete actions Paizo is taking.