Pathfinder Beginner Box

The First Encounter is a walk through of a specific combat. If you roll a 20 during this then it would be considered a crit.

Ah, ok, I see.

Yes, the roll of 20 in and of itself is a success in that encounter, no matter what your attack modifiers, because it beats that first target's AC.

Then, because you rolled a 20, that success improves to a critical success.

Request For Beginner Box Forum

PF1 had a separate forum for Beginner Box discussions.

Rather than continuing to clog up the product page, and make it impossible for newbies to find anything in a single pages-long thread, could we please get a Beginner Box Forum for PF2?

Ordered and Downloaded the PDF.

First thing I notice, opening in Adobe Pro X, is that the Pre-Gen Character sheets are needing to be fixed. Numbers outside of boxes, over words.

All 4 sheets, specifically over the Armor Class area.

Also would be nice if they were broken down into 8.5x11 to make them printable on standard at home printers. most of us don't have 11x17 capabilities :D

I tried placing the PDF in my cart, but the Pathfinder Advantage discount is not applying.

I tried placing the PDF in my cart, but the Pathfinder Advantage discount is not applying.

Didn't even notice, but it didn't apply to mine either. Grand scheme that wouldn't have stopped me from hitting order though.

That's peculiar. Being a Paizo's PDF, I thought it would have applied...

Definitely should apply, but sometimes when things first get released they fall through the crack. Someone will need to toggle that on when they get back in the office tomorrow.

Honestly, the main reason I picked them up was for easy printing of the pre gen sheets.... Not having them as 4 individual 8.5x11 pages and having the text not in the right spots are bigger issues for me than the 2 bucks or so I would have saved.

I have also bought the PDF and Paizo Advantage didn't apply. Weird.

I am very impressed with this beginner box! Didn't dive into rules that much, but I noticed there are some exclusive items and monsters in the product, which is nice. What I want to compliment the most is the presentation! Not only is the product very readable and clearly laid out, the rules and game are explained WONDERFULLY. And the adventure from GM's book is a great intro and it explains the game SO WELL. Out of all intro products I have ever read, I think this one is the best when it comes to presentation and explaining the game. Good job Paizo! I also think that the dungeon is pretty nice, not dull and not overcomplicated. I really give this product a thumbs-up.

Request For Beginner Box Forum

PF1 had a separate forum for Beginner Box discussions.

Rather than continuing to clog up the product page, and make it impossible for newbies to find anything in a single pages-long thread, could we please get a Beginner Box Forum for PF2?

Request received and will be processed tomorrow when the office re-opens.

Something odd that I found (and I have not seen this brought up anywhere else) is that the Character sheets

(at least through the link that I viewed:
https://paizo.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/PFBeginnerBox_CharacterSheet.pdf)

have the wrong calculation for a melee weapon attack roll.

Melee Weapon Attack rolls are entered in there as being affected by DEX and not STR. DEX affecting your melee to hit should only be an option that's available when you use a Finesse weapon.

Other than that they look beautiful and I wish there were versions this visually appealing that had additional bubbles to mark when you gained Master and Legendary proficiencies.

Request received and will be processed tomorrow when the office re-opens.

Thanks

PDF Errors:

PreGen Characters:
Text on these in the lower right of the character sheet are severely misaligned.
Please make these into printable 4 sheets of 8.5x11 for printing at home without having to edit/modify the secured documents?

Top Sheet.pdf:
It says in multiple spots to turn to page XX and XXX where it should list the actual pages.

Second page says Components with labels, similar to Starfinder's top Sheet may want to be updated/removed....

Character Sheet:
The To Hit on the Melee should have STR/DEX. not just DEX. It will be confusing to players who do not have the ability to use Finesse

Feels like these documents which appear to have been uploaded in October were not updated with the final products that were in the actual box....

PDF Errors:

PreGen Characters:
Text on these in the lower right of the character sheet are severely misaligned.
Please make these into printable 4 sheets of 8.5x11 for printing at home without having to edit/modify the secured documents?

Top Sheet.pdf:
It says in multiple spots to turn to page XX and XXX where it should list the actual pages.

Second page says Components with labels, similar to Starfinder's top Sheet may want to be updated/removed....

Character Sheet:
The To Hit on the Melee should have STR/DEX. not just DEX. It will be confusing to players who do not have the ability to use Finesse

Feels like these documents which appear to have been uploaded in October were not updated with the final products that were in the actual box....

Received and internally routed. Thank you.

To clarify, I've asked that the PDF version of the Pathfinder Beginner Box reflect the final printing. Any possible errata changes will need to come from the design team.

Yoshua wrote:

PDF Errors:

PreGen Characters:
Text on these in the lower right of the character sheet are severely misaligned.
Please make these into printable 4 sheets of 8.5x11 for printing at home without having to edit/modify the secured documents?

Top Sheet.pdf:
It says in multiple spots to turn to page XX and XXX where it should list the actual pages.

Second page says Components with labels, similar to Starfinder's top Sheet may want to be updated/removed....

Character Sheet:
The To Hit on the Melee should have STR/DEX. not just DEX. It will be confusing to players who do not have the ability to use Finesse

Feels like these documents which appear to have been uploaded in October were not updated with the final products that were in the actual box....

Received and internally routed. Thank you.

To clarify, I've asked that the PDF version of the Pathfinder Beginner Box reflect the final printing. Any possible errata changes will need to come from the design team.

PDFs for this product have been updated accordingly. If you're still getting the old version, you may want to wait a bit and try refreshing your downloads.

PDFs for this product have been updated accordingly. If you're still getting the old version, you may want to wait a bit and try refreshing your downloads.

Is it intended that the Pathfinder Advantage discount doesn't apply to the PDF? If so, may I ask why?

I just looked into that myself. After reading the FAQs on subscriptions I conclude that if a product has a corresponding pdf, and if when you buy that product you do so via a subscription, you pay for the product and you get the pdf for free. If there is no subscription for the product (and the BB is not a subscription product, as the product description page says) or you don't have a subscription to the appropriate line when you buy it, then you don't get the pdf for free. So I'm gonna go order it in a minute (I already have my box). :-)

Added: Oh, I guess that didn't answer your question. I don't know the answer to that - I would have thought the discount would apply. I'll get back to you after I place my order. :-)

Aaron Shanks wrote:

Yoshua wrote:

PDF Errors:

PreGen Characters:
Text on these in the lower right of the character sheet are severely misaligned.
Please make these into printable 4 sheets of 8.5x11 for printing at home without having to edit/modify the secured documents?

Top Sheet.pdf:
It says in multiple spots to turn to page XX and XXX where it should list the actual pages.

Second page says Components with labels, similar to Starfinder's top Sheet may want to be updated/removed....

Character Sheet:
The To Hit on the Melee should have STR/DEX. not just DEX. It will be confusing to players who do not have the ability to use Finesse

Feels like these documents which appear to have been uploaded in October were not updated with the final products that were in the actual box....

Received and internally routed. Thank you.

To clarify, I've asked that the PDF version of the Pathfinder Beginner Box reflect the final printing. Any possible errata changes will need to come from the design team.

PDFs for this product have been updated accordingly. If you're still getting the old version, you may want to wait a bit and try refreshing your downloads.

Redownloaded, refreshed downloads, then tried a new browser. All of the issues I listed above are still present.

Yeah, you missed the addendum where I said I didn't know the answer to that. I do know that the order I just placed for the pdf didn't include the subscriber advantage discount.

I also noticed that the red blurb at the top of the product now says "you ordered this product today" and links to the pdf order I just made. Which means if I ever want to find the order that contains the physical product I'm going to have to search my order history manually. :-(

Also, what's with this damn "you backtracked too many times" BS? *I* didn't backtrack at all. And I don't like it when software tosses my carefully constructed epistles in the trash without my permission. I'm not angry, but I *am* annoyed.

Also, what's with this damn "you backtracked too many times" BS? *I* didn't backtrack at all. And I don't like it when software tosses my carefully constructed epistles in the trash without my permission. I'm not angry, but I *am* annoyed.

I've noticed that when I get that error screen, if I use the 'back button' on my browser toolbar, I'm returned to the previous screen without any loss of text. (Firefox 82.0.3)

Well, I tried that in Safari. Didn't work. Seemed to be in a loop. <shrug>

I wonder if this is related to the occasional Ysoki tinkerer page I get, which I suspect might be fixed by me clearing the cache and deleting all cookies for this site - which I don't want to do because I suspect it'll forget which forum threads I've been following.

Yeah, you missed the addendum where I said I didn't know the answer to that. I do know that the order I just placed for the pdf didn't include the subscriber advantage discount.

When I saw the addendum, I deleted my reply, but I guess that I was too slow... :-)

Ah, so *that's* why I couldn't find it after I answered it! :-)

clearing the cache and deleting all cookies for this site - which I don't want to do because I suspect it'll forget which forum threads I've been following.

Try clearing the cache, but don't delete the cookies

Done. We'll see. :-)

Katina Davis wrote:

Aaron Shanks wrote:

Yoshua wrote:

PDF Errors:

PreGen Characters:
Text on these in the lower right of the character sheet are severely misaligned.
Please make these into printable 4 sheets of 8.5x11 for printing at home without having to edit/modify the secured documents?

Top Sheet.pdf:
It says in multiple spots to turn to page XX and XXX where it should list the actual pages.

Second page says Components with labels, similar to Starfinder's top Sheet may want to be updated/removed....

Character Sheet:
The To Hit on the Melee should have STR/DEX. not just DEX. It will be confusing to players who do not have the ability to use Finesse

Feels like these documents which appear to have been uploaded in October were not updated with the final products that were in the actual box....

Received and internally routed. Thank you.

To clarify, I've asked that the PDF version of the Pathfinder Beginner Box reflect the final printing. Any possible errata changes will need to come from the design team.

PDFs for this product have been updated accordingly. If you're still getting the old version, you may want to wait a bit and try refreshing your downloads.

Redownloaded, refreshed downloads, then tried a new browser. All of the issues I listed above are still present.

I have confirmed that the Art Dept has corrected the PreGens and Katina, the Store Manager, has uploaded them into the system. Our system can take a while to update the files. (I just tried it and got the bad files a second time too.) One can try the "refresh downloads" button at the top of the digital assets page, and if that doesn't work then click the "having problems downloading?" link by the digital asset itself. Lastly, please have some patience and return.

The "Top Sheet" doc should not be there at all. It will be removed from the folder.

In the printed blank Character Sheet was indeed an incorrect version. There will be an updated sheet when the files are updated. In the correct version the first "MELEE WEAPON" To-Hit space has STR/DEX, the second "MELEE WEAPON" To-Hit space has only STR.

Thank you for calling this to our attention. We apologize for the faulty launch.

Just downloaded and going through the pdf's now but THANK YOU FOR UPDATING THE PREGENS AND MAKING THEM PRINTABLE AT HOME!

Preliminary/Cursory first glance looks good. Seriously love what you guys have done with this kit. Going to try to convince my kids to run it this weekend :D

I have confirmed that the Art Dept has corrected the PreGens and Katina, the Store Manager, has uploaded them into the system. Our system can take a while to update the files. (I just tried it and got the bad files a second time too.) One can try the "refresh downloads" button at the top of the digital assets page, and if that doesn't work then click the "having problems downloading?" link by the digital asset itself. Lastly, please have some patience and return.

The "Top Sheet" doc should not be there at all. It will be removed from the folder.

In the printed blank Character Sheet was indeed an incorrect version. There will be an updated sheet when the files are updated. In the correct version the first "MELEE WEAPON" To-Hit space has STR/DEX, the second "MELEE WEAPON" To-Hit space has only STR.

Hm. My download a couple of hours ago doesn't have the "Top Sheet" doc, but it does have "updated" attached to the names of all the Pregen files and the blank Character Sheet. However, the Character Sheet has STR/DEX for the first weapon and DEX for the second. Am I correct in assuming this is *not* the latest version of these things?

I picked up my box at my local store. I have been reading through it. I really like the way attributes are done. Just use the bonus, after all that is all that matters. This product is just so beautiful and well done.

Can we expect a player and/or gamemaster addendum that adds a few extra things like we got with the first edition beginner box? If so, might I suggest maybe adding the bard class and the gnome ancestry?

One question that I do have is how this relates to Troubles in Otari. The beginner box only has details to advance to 3rd level, but Troubles in Otari is supposed to be able to take you beyond 3rd. Will the adventure contain the details to get to 4th or 5th level?

If the adventure doesn't contain such details, they'll be in the CRB. :-)

The adventure is intended to follow on with the Core Rulebook after the Beginner Box.

Aaron Shanks wrote:

I have confirmed that the Art Dept has corrected the PreGens and Katina, the Store Manager, has uploaded them into the system. Our system can take a while to update the files. (I just tried it and got the bad files a second time too.) One can try the "refresh downloads" button at the top of the digital assets page, and if that doesn't work then click the "having problems downloading?" link by the digital asset itself. Lastly, please have some patience and return.

The "Top Sheet" doc should not be there at all. It will be removed from the folder.

In the printed blank Character Sheet was indeed an incorrect version. There will be an updated sheet when the files are updated. In the correct version the first "MELEE WEAPON" To-Hit space has STR/DEX, the second "MELEE WEAPON" To-Hit space has only STR.

Hm. My download a couple of hours ago doesn't have the "Top Sheet" doc, but it does have "updated" attached to the names of all the Pregen files and the blank Character Sheet. However, the Character Sheet has STR/DEX for the first weapon and DEX for the second. Am I correct in assuming this is *not* the latest version of these things?

My error: DEX for the second is correct. Sounds like you have the correct Character Sheet. It matches the free download on the Pathfinder Beginner Box Landing Page.

Thanks, Aaron.

Will the same colored dice set be available to buy? I would make it easier to hand it to new players at the table if all were same set.

Will the same colored dice set be available to buy? I would make it easier to hand it to new players at the table if all were same set.

Here you go.

By the way, the BB Dice Set has a product page, but it cannot be found unless you have already bookmarked it.

Pathfinder>Beginner Box doesn't have it linked.
Store>Pathfinder>Accessories>Dice doesn't show it either.

By the way, the BB Dice Set has a product page, but it cannot be found unless you have already bookmarked it.

Pathfinder>Beginner Box doesn't have it linked.
Store>Pathfinder>Accessories>Dice doesn't show it either.

We will be adding a link to the Dice in the Pathfinder Beginner Box landing page. Thanks.

@Aaron - can you confirm if subscribers will get their discount for the PDF?

Hi, are there any plans to sanction the adventure in the beginner box?

I think this would be a great start for many players, and if we just could hand out chronicles and Paizo IDs at the end, it would be a great opportunity to get some of them also started on org play...

Ineas wondering the same thing. I'd like my wife to be able to run it for PFS.

Eledriel Darkfire wrote:

Hi, are there any plans to sanction the adventure in the beginner box?

I think this would be a great start for many players, and if we just could hand out chronicles and Paizo IDs at the end, it would be a great opportunity to get some of them also started on org play...

Ineas wondering the same thing. I'd like my wife to be able to run it for PFS.

The Pathfinder Society will reveal details on how to include the Beginner Box in their November 19 blog.

Will there be a downloadable version of the blank character sheet available for download (hopefully linked to this product page)? Or do you have to purchase the PDF version to get it?

I bought the physical copy, but I would like to be able to make more copies of this character sheet. It looks great for teaching new players.

You are permitted, if I'm not mistaken, to make copies of the physical blank character sheet.

Will there be a downloadable version of the blank character sheet available for download (hopefully linked to this product page)? Or do you have to purchase the PDF version to get it?

I bought the physical copy, but I would like to be able to make more copies of this character sheet. It looks great for teaching new players.

There is a link to the Character Sheet pdf on the Beginner Box landing page. You can find that using the top menu

This link will take you directly to the Character Sheet PDF
Beginner Box Character Sheet PDF

And, of course, as Ed Reppert said, you can make as many copies as you like of the blank character sheets from the box

One error I noted in the text is under the cleric’s Daze spell, it says “This deals mental damage equal to your Intelligence” - shouldn’t that be Wisdom, the cleric’s spell casting ability, instead?

I'm a little confused about the ability score generation used in the beginner box, in that it seems to be possible to get a +5 or effective score of 20 in an ability at first level if you are either a Human Acolyte Cleric, Human Criminal Rogue, or Human Scholar Wizard. I'm not sure if I just haven't seen where it says you cannot do that, but yeah.

There is a link to the Character Sheet pdf on the Beginner Box landing page. You can find that using the top menu
Pathfinder>Beginner Box.

Ah! Completely missed that. Thanks for pointing it out!

Quick Question for the nice people at Paizo.

I purchased the Beginner Box at Roll20. Looking great. With other Pathfinder purchases I have made on Roll20 I was given a PDF version of the product - which appeared in my downloads. Nothing has shown up for the Beginner Box.Any Advice?

Quick Question for the nice people at Paizo.

I purchased the Beginner Box at Roll20. Looking great. With other Pathfinder purchases I have made on Roll20 I was given a PDF version of the product - which appeared in my downloads. Nothing has shown up for the Beginner Box.Any Advice?

Same here. I emailed customer support for roll20 last week, but haven't heard back. If I get an answer from them before something pops up here, I'll let you know.

Druuw wrote:

Quick Question for the nice people at Paizo.

I purchased the Beginner Box at Roll20. Looking great. With other Pathfinder purchases I have made on Roll20 I was given a PDF version of the product - which appeared in my downloads. Nothing has shown up for the Beginner Box.Any Advice?

Same here. I emailed customer support for roll20 last week, but haven't heard back. If I get an answer from them before something pops up here, I'll let you know.

Inquiry received. Answer unknown at this time. Will research and reply. (This is my robot golem voice. haha)

Thanks Aaron! For what it's worth, Roll20 got back to me and said that I need to contact Paizo, so I guess the right thing is happening.