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Has anybody looked at Far Distant Future publishing's Pathfinder conversions of the star finder classes? I like them and have integrated the classes into my campaign. Some of them won't be used until i've advanced the campaign to different planets. I would like to know people's opinion on these classes and how they would use them in their campaigns alongside the original Pathfinder classes.

There's a Godzilla pathfinder fansite with a lot of Kaiju! Most CRs are 37 I think. The Kaijus in this setting can grant divine spells and have domains. They're basically gods!
Put in d20 Toho kingdom.

Solo leveling! It's an anime. It's basically Pathfinder meets real life.

I am playing an incredible tank character in our Tyrant's Grasp campaign.

Spheres, my friend. If you're not familiar, just Google "pathfinder spheres" and there's a wiki full of what you need.

My character is a prodigy (class), and the two key ingredients are the berserker and guardian spheres.

Berserker gives an ability similar to rage, which generates temporary hit points every round. There's your durability.

Guardian gives an ability called "challenge", which incentivizes but does not force enemies to attack her instead of her allies.

Go deeper into those two spheres and the survivability goes up while the incentives to focus on her do also.

If you take a gander and are interested, I'll try and offer some explanations and suggestions.

That's right! Spheres of Might has a class called Sentinel that can give itself temporary hp, as well as a type of aggro. They have mobility being able to patrol an area. One of my favorite classes.

There's the Sentinel from Spheres of Might. It's a real tank.

There is a fan made pdf with all the core classes with each of the core races for a total of 90 1st-level stat blocks. Pathfinder Society 
Pregenerated Characters is the name of it. I can't find a link for it anymore. All I get are the Iconics. The author's name is Adam Thomas-Brashier. He also has an Advanced Player's version that I've been searching for, but can't find.

You could also try Technology Unleashed. As far as D20 Mecha, look for Dream Pod 9's Mecha Compendium. IMHO it's much better for Pathfinder. Hit Points are a little low for my taste. Definitely check out one of my favorite books Battlechangers Ironworks. Basically Transformers, but piloted mechs are a option. I have more suggestions if you need them.

5ft step sucks! How about half movement speed with a full round action? I think it's more cinematic. Just saying.

Anyone will do.They're all interesting characters as far as concepts and rules. I've seen little Path of war or Akashic Mysteries characters except yours and a very few others. I really believe a bestiary is in order for both too. That would be really cool!

Nice work! Also inspiring. I am learning to think on more than two levels when it comes to character building reading about your characters. Before it was just class and race. Now there's more creativity when I theroey build a new character.
I would like to see some stat blocks for some of these awesome characters!

Check out Spheres of Guile. I believe that there is something there under the Herbalism Spheres. Samurai Sheepdog also has the Culinarian class. It's on Pfd20 if you want to give it a look.

I mean anywhere from 5ft to 50ft per square map on a really large scale. Essentially a battlefield map with a lot of detail and terrain.

Does anybody know of a large detailed five foot grid map? Something with a lot of different terrain or features. I asked because I came across nine inch nails one hundred yard maps on Deviant Art for Mystara and was wondering if there is a large size map at a smaller scale.

Yes,pretty much. Arcforge has Pathfinder archetypes for Starfinder classes. I do not see a comprehensive conversion though.

Was there ever a conversion for the Starfinder classes? I have a 3rd party pdf called Arcforge that reads like this was done, but it seems like I have to do the heavy lifting.

Yup. I came across this book looking for a d20 Transformers. Battlechangers Ironworks and that book are pretty good. I love Dragonstar as well.

I forgot about that. I thoroughly enjoy Spheres of guile as well as Legends. I will have to see how this engineering book merges with other technology books I have.

I've introduced Traveller T20 elements to my mystara campaign. There is also a book called Technology Unleashed,but it gets a bit adult with some of its rules. Otherwise if that's not a problem,then I can't recommend this book enough.

My campaign is a typical fantasy world, however the equivalent of a Star destroyer is discovered under the city that will become the base of my setting which moves to the stars.

Cool! Do you have any first level characters?

Try Traveller T20. There's also Dragonstar.Far more advanced than WW 1, but these are just suggestions. Some reskinning may be necessary.

Nice! Can I/we get a full stat in all its glory?

Microsized Adventures has an option for sizes above Colossal. Third-party, but you can go way above colossal or way below Fine. Also a 5ft step is not the same for a colossal person as it is for a medium person. There are a couple of other neat rules too.
Other D20 books that can be used to get past colossal are Dragonstar and Star Wars D20, both with sizes for spaceships and star ports.

Yeah, I got the Architect for my G.I.Joe like all classes army. Just wanted to see if there was anything else a little bit more focused on battlefield control. The Courser from Spheres of Guile also can do some of the things I'm looking for. I have about 145 classes. A few are Gonzo classes.

Is there a class like that in Pathfinder or 3e? Something where you can quickly build defensive positions or structures. I know there is something in Spheres of Guile that lets the area around be affected, but I'm looking for structure building.

Would it be out of line to suggest the Priest class from Kobold Press? They get three domains to start with, more spell casting, no armor proficiency though. From there, it should be easy to add another domain.
I like the concept of the Priest as compared to the Cleric too! Don't forget the Warpriest and Paladin neither.

It's funny, because I have a book called technology unleashed that has musical equipment that blasts enemies using your preform skill. Also another book that has radios and guitars and other musical equipment. A space setting. The name escapes me at this time.

So it will work on a Steam Deck! This is good news.

Does it work on android?

I'd go with Slayer!

I'm with Mark and only used Hexographer and CC. I never got particularly good with them but some people are very good

This! Those links are why I love Mystara. There are a very talented group of map makers over there. Many years of experience. The 8 mile hexes bundle places up just right for me.

Check out final fantasy d20. Their classes are more powerful, but you can see the mechanics there. Also Samurai Sheepdog has the Battle Augur. It comes across as Mega Man like.

Can Chatgpt Stat out characters?

What can be done with the Genius Guide to the Talented Bestiary? How are you using it?

Have you checked out the Skills Challenge Handbook? There could be some overlap with SOG, or at least in the same wheelhouse. I particularly like how sports can be run using the Pathfinder rules.
I too would like to see DDS make a npc book. Actually I like a iconic for every class there is! Akashic Mysteries, Path of War,and all of Spheres.

It will be worth it,I believe. I'm still going through it, but it definitely adds a whole other level of game play. Think of the A-Team when Face is in charge. Another example would be when Deadpool leaves a target dumbfounded in the middle of combat. These rules capitalize on that.

Looks like I got it! I am going through the pdf right now. I love spheres and all the classes, so I will be doing a deep dive in to this pdf.

Hey, lurker. Do you have any idea on how long after the backers get their pdfs for a product to turn up on Drivethrurpg?

WHOA!!

I'm thinking logistics squad, made of the brand new classes. An army of about 145 classes can use the skills of these new classes.
Grey Lurker, are there sample characters or a bestiary?

Any updates? I know that the backers of the kickstarters are getting their pdf copies in a few days, but when can I expect to be able to buy one?

Don't forget the Annelidmorphs from Wayfinder#16 magazine! Next to the Dromites they are some of my favorites. There's also the Entobians(might be third party). At a certain level they transform into a specialized form. Plus, you got the Verminoid template on Pfd20srd which can turn almost any bug into a Monstrous Humanoid.

Everybody rolling initiative every round keeps the battle more dynamic, plus with the ability to move half your base speed (my custom rule) and still pull off full round actions makes the battle very unpredictable and more tactics laden.

They also had initiative modifiers right? Which is something I also thought about. Always felt that certain full round actions should take a negative initiative modifier.

Does Herolab work on Linux? At the moment all I have is a Steamdeck. I had Herolab for Mutants and masterminds back in the days on my laptop and it was awesome.

Where can I find a really good Initiative tracker for a large engagement? Something that Initiative is rolled every round? Can a spreadsheet be used? I feel each individual should roll its own Initiative.

The Priest gets Three domains! I will have a look at this Cardinal.

Not to change the subject, but there's a third-party class The Priest. Way more squishy, with greater spell casting and more skills. From a story perspective I can see this class having a different role than the Cleric, with the Cleric being an armored combat oriented hand of God and the Priest being more of a face with more skills.
Is anybody else here familiar with the priest class? I think it's a cool concept.

You have to read Adequate Commoner! It proves that NPC classes can prevail through planning and being equipped properly. A very good supplement in general. Plus NPC classes make PC classes feel more heroic!
In my fifth level Campaign that starts out as fantasy and turns to sci-fi my 5th Commoner, who is a real trouble magnet will discover a large spaceship in a cavern. This in turn will lead to a group being organized consisting of every class I can think of at fifth level. Why not start with the most basic class?
1st level Warriors with equipment suited to different roles will be the Grunts, with the 5th level Warrior being like a master Sargeant. Experts as logistics and other things.

Back in the day (like, 1978...) this sort of random party was normal. Some RPGs like Traveller had it built in: pretty much everything about chargen was random, including whether you started as a green youth of 22 with 2 skills and a knife, or a grizzled 48-year-old aristocratic Marine Colonel with 30 skills and a starship. Or a corpse. Chivalry & Sorcery wasn't much better, nor Stormbringer, nor a bunch of others.

There's a good reason we don't do that any more.

It's funny I just discovered Traveller T20. I'm looking forward to making a fleet crewed by at least 100 different Pathfinder classes. Logistically speaking, no telling what type of parties or configuration of characters that could be on hand. You might send a Inquisitor, a Slayer, a wizard, a zealot,a marksman and a swashbuckler on one mission and an entirely different group on another mission.

Thanks. I hope my creativity is inspired by your example. I'll check James Ray's blog as well.
I just got finished reading the Akashic Kaiju supplement. Very good! Love me some Kaiju. There's 4 new ones! A new race too. Have you seen it?

Are there any iconic characters for the Akashic classes? Do you Xiao have first level character builds? I'm not sure if I've seen stats for any at first level.

Where can the stats for those Co7S pregens be located? I'm interested in their stories as well.