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Hi! I preordered most of the Starfinder products a few months ago when they first became available. Today, I subscribed to the 4 physical Starfinder subscriptions, and now I see two copies of everything in my sidecart. Is there a way I should have upgraded my preorders to subscriptions or do I need to cancel my preorder somehow? I would like to only receive one copy of each product.

As a side note, I have also selected GenCon pickup, in case this changes how any of this should work.

Thanks for your help!

The general situation is that you explore and begin an encounter. Something happens before the check that forces you to move to a different location. Where is this encounter now taking place, the old location, the new location, or a combination of both. Below is a more detailed specific situation (with potential spoilers) that came up in play.

We are playing the scenario "The Nahyndrian Mine". All the locations are closed save for two: Abattoir and Harvester's Pit. Crowe is at Harvester's Pit, and Shardra is at Abattoir. Shardra explores Abattoir and encounters the villain, Hepzamirah. Crowe attempts to temporarily close Harvester's Pit by summoning and defeating the henchman Harvester. Shardra fails her Strength check and is forced to move to the Harvester's Pit. Crowe succeeds at defeating the Harvester, temporarily closing Harvester's Pit.

What happens now? Does Shardra continue the villain encounter as though she had not moved? Can Crowe attempt one of the checks to defeat the villain now (following the sequential checks rule), since Shardra is now at his location. Is the villain difficulty still increased by the Abattoir "At This Location" effect? If (however it happens) the villain is defeated, is the Abattoir closed, thus winning the scenario (I believe this should be the case, because no matter what the villains location deck should be the one it came out of)?

We settled it for our game, but I'm still interested in how this situation should play out, in case it comes up again.

Hi, I was just wondering what all are valid choices for Beast Shape. Certainly all of the animals (of appropriate size) with a full stat block in the Bestiary. What about one of those creatures with the Giant or Young Template (making sure the final size is a valid size). Or the Celestial or Fiendish template? What about animal companion choices that aren't covered with full stat blocks (like a small Shark for example)?

Would the answer change if this was for PFS? Thanks for any insight you wonderful people can provide.

I was just wondering what exactly counted as an attack, specifically in reference to the Bastion of Good ability of the Sacred Shield. It seems obvious that any melee or ranged attack would count, but what about spells, breath weapons, or maybe even combat maneuvers. Might there be a difference between a spell that has an attack roll, like shocking grasp, vs one that doesn't, like burning hands? Spells are called "magical attacks" in many places.

Thanks for any insight anyone could give, and I apologize if something like this has been covered before. I couldn't really find anything about it elsewhere.