Blast off into a galaxy of adventure with the Starfinder Roleplaying Game! Step into your powered armor and grab your magic-infused laser rifle as you investigate the mysteries of a weird universe with your bold starship crew. Will you delve for lost artifacts in the ruins of alien temples? Strap on rune-enhanced armor and a laser rifle to battle undead empires in fleets of bone ships, or defend colonists from a swarm of ravenous monsters? Maybe you'll hack into the mainframe of a god-run corporation, or search the stars for clues to the secret history of the universe or brand new planets to explore. Whether you're making first contact with new cultures on uncharted worlds or fighting to survive in the neon-lit back alleys of Absalom Station, you and your team will need all your wits, combat skill, and magic to make it through. But most of all, you'll need each other.
This massive 528-page hardcover rulebook is the essential centerpiece of the Starfinder Roleplaying Game, with rules for character creation, magic, gear, and more—everything you need to play Starfinder as either a player or Game Master! The next great adventure in science-fantasy roleplaying takes off here, and the Starfinder Core Rulebook is your ticket to a lifetime of adventure amid the stars!
Inside this book, you'll find:
All of the rules you need to play or run a game of Starfinder.
Seven character classes, from the elite soldier and stealthy operative to the physics-hacking technomancer and mind-bending mystic.
Character species both new and classic, from androids, insectile shirrens, ratlike ysoki, and reptilian vesk to the dwarves and elves of the distant future.
An in-depth exploration of the Starfinder setting, including its planets, gods, factions, and threats.
Hundreds of weapons, spells, technological gadgets, magic items, and other options to outfit any character.
Complete rules for starships, including customization and starship combat.
Rules and tips on using Pathfinder RPG content with Starfinder.
ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-956-1
Note: The Starfinder Core Rulebook Limited Edition is a paizo.com exclusive product featuring a deep blue faux leather cover debossed with silver foil. The content of the book is the same as the Starfinder Core Rulebook. This edition is limited to 1 copy per customer.
It's a core rulebook in a faux leather cover. The blue is dark, and the silver embossing is a nice contrast. Second printing, so there's that. A nice addition would be to have a ribbon bookmark, though hindsight is 20/20. Overall, extremely satisfied with this purchase.
We plan on sending out an email to accounts that purchased the Special Edition letting them know they should check their bindings as some of these likely have been put on the shelf without being opened since purchase. I'm waiting for updates and approvals on the initial text, we'll need to send it out, and give people some time to check their books and email us if they need replacements. We're probably looking at several months before any extras might potentially be available.
Hi Sara. I’m keen to grab another copy of this if you’re satisfied you’ve replaced the defective copies you’ll need to replace. Any chance some more might be released into circulation?
Just a heads up for anyone else following along with this - they are supposedly now available again. (although I am struggling to get the "add to cart" button to do anything!)
No - it isn't a recent reprint. When the game launched, there was a widespread (though not universal) problem with the binding. Paizo organised a batch to be reprinted so that people could exchange their defective copies.
Now that it's been a couple of years, they've put the small handful of replacements they didn't end up needing back on sale. This batch has no systemic binding issue, but it is internally identical to the book as the game launched.
We don't generally release print run sizes or specific inventory levels on any of our products (apart from occasional blogs where we let people know when things are about to sell out).
The Starfinder Core Rulebook Limited Edition is a paizo.com exclusive product, so the only way it could show up on Amazon is if somebody bought it from us and then listed it as a third-party seller on Amazon. Listing it at $20 would be a money-losing proposition for them.
Not sure if this was clarified elsewhere, but the LE is a second printing, September 2017.
That was when the game was launched so they probably did a second run immediately then due to demand and the issues that time with the printer.
The "2nd" printing the previous poster was talking would be one that incorporates errata and other fixes like when Paizo does other normal hardcover reprintings. They're not going to be making any more of these.
Not sure if this was clarified elsewhere, but the LE is a second printing, September 2017.
That was when the game was launched so they probably did a second run immediately then due to demand and the issues that time with the printer.
The "2nd" printing the previous poster was talking would be one that incorporates errata and other fixes like when Paizo does other normal hardcover reprintings. They're not going to be making any more of these.
kinda wish I could buy 5 of these, so that when my big campaign finally ends, I can give them to the players as a thank you for the memories. But the limit is 1/customer XD