Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide

Is there any chance that v6.0 will have a printer-friendly version? The amount of ink this monster uses is ridiculous.

Any idea when Season 6 will come out?

My guess is around August 14, just in time for GenCon.

Will there be a "changes" doc like there was for season 5?

Yeah, would really love to see a change log like season 5 had.

This is just a request. Please don't watermark the Quick Start Guide. I want to print those out to hand to new players without giving them my paizo.com email account. I use different email accounts for different things for security reasons.

I downloaded it, and all that was inside was character sheets.

Will there be an update guide like last year, or is this the final deal? I want to print it. I printed out the guide last year and then the next day a revised version was released.

New version should be out today... waiting!

I... keep... refreshing...

Change Log? hmmmm That would be nice

Ummmmm, Season 8?

Now updated for Season 8! :)

Now updated for Season 8! :)

Its still downloading season 7 for me.

Looks like this is a cache/cookies problem. I'd suggest to try signing out and give your browser a kick if it doesn't get back in shape.

One thing that I really like is that GM Stars aren't called out as being "bragging rights." Now they're specifically called out as being "GM Star Rewards," and all of the benefits of having one or more GM Stars is listed in the guide itself.

There's also an amazingly detailed appendix of PFS terms, which includes important things like adventure vs. scenario, as well as more subtle rulings like the difference between veneration and worship.

Its clear a lot of work went into this.

So... is there any way to know what content is new, or do I have to compare it to my old edition of the Guide point-by-point?

I can't imagine there isn't something...

GMs now get 1 reroll per star instead of a bonus to a roll.
There is now a specific list of languages you can take with Linguistics. Elemental languages are not on it. Presumably a typo.
Non Humans can now take regional languages in place of racial ones during creation.

I believe there is an error on page 25 under skills. Investigators should get to use the Craft (Alchemy) instead of Craft (Gunsmithing), as the latter is best used by Gunslingers.

COMMUNITY STANDARDS

Pathfinder Society is an inclusive community with a
diverse membership. We are committed to fostering a safe
environment for everyone, regardless of gender identity
or gender expression, sexual orientation, nationality
or ethnicity, religious beliefs or background, age,
neurotypicality, physical ability, physical appearance,
body size, or other differences. We also wish to give
room for players to develop a wide variety of characters,
trusting our players to regulate their actions in a public
setting and to treat each other with respect. When
participating in public Pathfinder Society events, be
mindful of any controversial or edgy concepts in your
character and consider limiting them to bylines or dice
rolls. Dysfunctional or uncooperative play will not be
tolerated. Behaving in a hateful or disruptive fashion
simply because “It’s what your character would do” means
you’ve probably lost sight of the purpose of organized
play and may be asked to amend your behavior or leave
the table. Extreme or repetitive cases of inappropriate
behavior will be resolved by asking the offender to leave
the table or venue.
The full Pathfinder Society Community Standards
policy may be found paizo.com/pathfindersociety/
policies. Roleplaying Guild games that take place on
paizo.com are also subject to the Community Guidelines
that exist for the forums in addition to the Community
Standards policy, and may be subject to moderation as
needed.

I'm very glad to see this addition, right at the start.

The new guide lists the half-elemental races as available choices, but the Additional Resources, updated 8/2/2016, still list them as requiring a Boon to create. Is this an oversight or intentional?

Liking the new guide. One question so far which I can't yet see the answer to:-

With GM Star rerolls - is it one reroll per star per scenario or one reroll per star which when used are then gone? Also I assume you can never reroll the same roll more than once?

Liking the new guide. One question so far which I can't yet see the answer to:-

With GM Star rerolls - is it one reroll per star per scenario or one reroll per star which when used are then gone? Also I assume you can never reroll the same roll more than once?

Surely it's one per star total. I've only got two stars, nearly three, and I can already see it being really hard to deal with a PC who can reroll even thrice per session. Imagine dealing with a character who can reroll six bad saves or confirmation rolls or whatnot every scenario!

There is now a Rerole section in the main PFS page. The new page says that the old way is the right one. Also, now cosplay earns a rerole.

I see the "Determining Average Party Level" section clears up whether you add one for 6 players (you don't), by giving the calculation to use rather than referencing the standard rules.

Also, it appears that the new rules for playing a pregen have removed the option of applying a pregen death to a new character number, and you have to treat it the same as if the character that the chronicle would be applied to (decided at the start of the session) had died. Not sure how I feel about that one yet.

and thinking about it, the cosplay option could make some conventions more interesting

So... is there any way to know what content is new, or do I have to compare it to my old edition of the Guide point-by-point?

I can't imagine there isn't something...

I second the question.

Reading 44 pages of material that is 90% already known is not my idea of a good time. This is supposed to be fun, right?

Folkish Elm wrote:

Liking the new guide. One question so far which I can't yet see the answer to:-

With GM Star rerolls - is it one reroll per star per scenario or one reroll per star which when used are then gone? Also I assume you can never reroll the same roll more than once?

Surely it's one per star total. I've only got two stars, nearly three, and I can already see it being really hard to deal with a PC who can reroll even thrice per session. Imagine dealing with a character who can reroll six bad saves or confirmation rolls or whatnot every scenario!

Since Re-rolls are given at the scenario level, I would think the bonus GM ones would be so as well. (liking the 4 total for being a 3 star GM) When I GM from now on, I plan to ask people to show their re-roll item, and PFS card at the start of a game, and hand out tokens for the number of re-rolls. Also makes it easier to track when someone gives a re-roll to someone else.

I'm sure I've seen it confirmed elsewhere that the GM reroll thing is a typo, and the web page is correctly stating that nothings changed (GM's just get a bonus on their one reroll, if they've got something else that grants one)

Nothing wrong with checking who's got something that gives a reroll before things get going though

Clearly a typo on page 25 at the bottom of section 8 of the season 8 guide: "Investigators can use Craft (gunsmithing)."

Good to have the free updated handy handbook on organized play stuff. ;)

I don't like the change that afflictions carry over to a roleplaying guild character when playing a pregen. It keeps me from playing some of the older and weaker build pregens.

At GENCON, Paizo mentioned that an updated version might be forthcoming to address various issues. Any news on the update?

Should Vudrani humans get Vudrani as a bonus language, as the other ethnic groups do in section 7 of the Character Creation guidelines?
It was missing in the Season 8 version, and hasn't been added in the draft for Season 9 (I'm looking at page 26). Vudrani are in the Inner Sea World Guide, so I hope they also get their native language for free.

Any idea on when Version 9 is going to be released. Gen Con is just a few days away.

Updated for Season 9!

Might wanna have another look at the bookmarks. ^_^

The download is for some chronicle sheets.

The download is for some chronicle sheets.

I downloaded it again and got the correct PDF. I did check and saw that I clicked the correct link the first time.

Might wanna have another look at the bookmarks. ^_^

I've seen similar comments coming from folks—can you clarify what you mean by this? Which PDF reader is being used/what version? This is how they look in our environment: Dropbox Link

Goodreader 4.12.1 on iPad. PFS guide is weird, while SFS guide is good

Screenshot

OK, I think I was able to see what you're talking about when viewing in Preview. I'm going to try to clear that stuff out and reupload in just a bit.

Kalindlara wrote:

Might wanna have another look at the bookmarks. ^_^

I've seen similar comments coming from folks—can you clarify what you mean by this? Which PDF reader is being used/what version? This is how they look in our environment: Dropbox Link

This is how it looks to me in Document Viewer on Ubuntu linux 17.04 Google Drive - note the "h.<some-qurious-value>" entries. At some point they stop and the "normal" entries are shown.

Chris Lambertz wrote:

Kalindlara wrote:

Might wanna have another look at the bookmarks. ^_^

I've seen similar comments coming from folks—can you clarify what you mean by this? Which PDF reader is being used/what version? This is how they look in our environment: Dropbox Link

This is how it looks to me in Document Viewer on Ubuntu linux 17.04 Google Drive - note the "h.<some-qurious-value>" entries. At some point they stop and the "normal" entries are shown.

Yeah, that's how it looks in mine too. Like a bunch of a broken links.

I use Adobe Acrobat Reader DC.

Also, my lodge is panicking because of the new pregen rules. I've said that there's no paying out for having a pregen in the group when there's only three players, but the "The Roleplaying Guild character must contribute a minimum amount of gold to cover the costs before using any of the pregenerated character’s wealth, depending on the pregenerated character’s level: 0 gp for a 1st-level pregenerated character, 1,000 gp for 4th-level, and 2,000 gp for 7th-level." is being fixated upon. Can you please clarify in an FAQ or pdf update that a group of three people who need to have a pregen to make the table legal DOES NOT have to pay out this gold amount? That'd be appreciated.

That only applies when you're playing a pregen instead of your own character. It's in the 'playing a pregen' section, not the 'making a legal table' section.

File has been updated to correct the bookmarks issue!

If you have questions about the content of the Guide, please post them in the PFS forum where the appropriate people are far more likely to see it.

Still no clarification upon the XP that chronicles of The Eyes of Ten seeker's arc awards (this info was in 4th season guide)