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I would like to third (fourth at this point?) Mystic Gunner. And maybe some other "skill swaps" for starship combat skills
Maybe Athletics for piloting (something like Legend of the Rangers), Medical for Computers/Science Officer, and im sure a few more can be imagined.

The "Season One" Boon, and maybe some new checklist boons for the other seasons. Though those should have a scaling cost similar to "Year of the Scoured Stars"

The corruption boons are not available and need the fame cost to buy off removed

Second Seeker Roheas is not available to players.

And i had suggested elsewhere that the Manifold Host's current capstone (Manifold Host Exemplar: "your Personal boon slot is no longer filled by a species boon") seems inadequate and not fitting for a faction all about friendship. Unlike every other Capstone this one affects the current character, not a new one. By level 7-8 when you qualify for it (assuming you rush) you may not have a spare personal boon. And the Wayfarers Capstone lets a new character do this from level one.
So instead i propose this be changed to a non capstone (maybe even reduce it to tier 3) and introduce a new Capstone- unlock ixtli

1) What happened to the old PF1 end of game replays? Are they still around, being recalculated, or totally replaced? Will the old number be displayed again for those who don't track everything in spreadsheets?
2) Another SF issue to building solutions for is the ExoGuardian Theoretical Historian boon. While not actually a "replay", presumably its reported through the same mechanism. My current usages i just reported with 1 GM rep for tracking purposes

While planning out my Manifold Host character, I realized there were some odd interactions with "Manifold Host Exemplar"

For every other faction, the Capstone boon is available at Tier 4 (usually Level 8ish) and applies to a new character (regardless of the faction chosen)

Manifold Host Exemplar is different because it applies to the character who hit Tier 4, not a new one.
Since a character can only benefit from one capstone, you cannot start a character with another capstone and also apply Exemplar.
This also discourages the player from starting a "nufriend", which seems out of character for the Host.
And it only applies to characters who are using an admittance boon, limiting the race selections that can fully benefit from Host.

I would suggest making "Manifold Host Exemplar" no longer a capstone, though leave it a T4 purchasable boon.
Then introduce a new Boon for a capstone for Host. Maybe something similar to Wayfinders and unlock a new race, as that would fit with the Host's mission to make friends.

There's a certain rabbit like race currently not accessible that has limited contact with the wider galaxy, this would be a great way to introduce playable Ixtli

Alternatively why not just have bounties reward 1 Rep each?
Playing all 4 would put you 1 rep ahead of playing a faction aligned mission, though at the current release rate and the hard lvl 1 restriction I dont see this adding up to a huge advantage, maybe a character hits Capstone at lvl 7 rather than level 8.

While putting the finishing touches on my REDACTED for next season, and plotting around my wayfinder capstone, I realized the text doesnt actually state it uses a personal boon slot. After looking at my Astriapi boon i saw the same gap.
This seems to be rather new, as even Friend to Ghorans stated it was a personal boon

Astriapi admittance (the straight 120 ACP version)

Liberation of Azlanti Allies (the one that started it all)

Is this just a typo and the ACP & adventure boon should have the personal tag?
Is the usage of a personal boon slot just explictly assumed for all non common races going forward? If so you may want to clarify in the guild guide.
Do these two limited races (and maybe others?) just not use a personal boon slot?

The "common starships" in the guide still lists just the Pegasus and Drake as the always available choices. This should be updated to include the Azata

My questions/suggestions for updates:
Are any character options from Devastation Ark or Fly Free or Die available?
How does the +2 from admittance boons interact (if at all) with the +2 from the season one boon?
The guide needs a linkable TOC on the home page. All you see is the "pardon our dust" landing page. If you're a new player who doesn't know what terms to search for it may be daunting to start
Could you add promotional boons to the SF Guide, including the pin skills?
Are their pin skills for Jadunara and Ehu (and Rohrass?). The store page description is just "Starfinder Society Faction Pin: Second Seekers" so it shouldn't be limited to only Luwazi
Could mystic gunnery be added to the ACP purchasable boons? Magic officer is helpful and all, but that allows a useful option for casters in space

On a related note, is Paizo still planning on being at Origins game fair this year?

The FAQ is worded very broadly and would apply to ALL boons that require check boxes, not just race boons or end of AP boons.

So what happens if you slot Contractor's Respect, Laotite Training, have a possessed arm, and want to get a skitterbox checked?

Do you choose at the beginning, which can hurt the player if they choose the arm and a crit isnt rolled?
Do you choose at the end which gets the check? Does that mean free uses of Contractor's Respect?

The whole ruling seems to create more problems than it solves, just to prevent someone from filling both Skitter Shot & Skitter Home after 10-30 games, rather than 2x10-30 games

Holy cow. The 2nd boon for The Threefold Conspiracy is a horrible one. You have to sacrifice 10 race boons in order to get a boon to play a ** spoiler omitted ** That's a really high cost in order to play a race that's nothing special. I played one for a short while when going through Dead Suns and it felt just a generic as 90% of the rest.

That's only 10 plays of:

Expect table variation.

As a GM, I would allow a lawyer to use Cha. In that case, they are going for the emotional appeal. I would have a harder time accepting an Actor wanting to be Wisdom based rather than Charisma based. Vid Caster who is Int based most likely is concentrating on the technical aspects of the production, I would still expect most to be Charisma based.

Wisdom actor would be a method actor, relying more upon empathy and understanding over pure charisma

Still a pass for me.
Unfortunately there is no way to just get the 1e product, and I'm not willing to pay $60 for 2e pdfs ill never use just to add on the bestiary