Starfinder: THE GAP

I rather wish this wasn't just a limited run, I grabbed one to use as a character journal for Starfinder 2e. :)

Driftbourne wrote:

And is this playable in organized play?

This book has been sanctioned for Starfinder Society Organized Play!

I love that all the character options in this book stack

PDF version should be ready!

The PDF's page count seems a little short compared to the back cover's stated 160-pages. Is there a gap in THE GAP? Are there SECRETS hidden in these missing pages? A mystery for the ages!

This is so silly and I love it.

Katina Davis wrote:

PDF version should be ready!

The PDF's page count seems a little short compared to the back cover's stated 160-pages. Is there a gap in THE GAP? Are there SECRETS hidden in these missing pages? A mystery for the ages!

This is so silly and I love it.

The pdf uses quantum digital technology so more can fit on each page compared to the print version. You just have to squint four-dimensionally.

Will this be listed while supplies last, or only today?

Katina Davis wrote:

PDF version should be ready!

The PDF's page count seems a little short compared to the back cover's stated 160-pages. Is there a gap in THE GAP? Are there SECRETS hidden in these missing pages? A mystery for the ages!

This is so silly and I love it.

I just checked the PDF is only 130 pages that ruins my conspiracy theory that 160 is key to The Gap, it still might be important but now we have to consider the meaning of 160, 130, and the gap between them 30 That's 3 variables so could be a sign that this is linked to Triune...

There is nothing worse than being caught in THE GAP! I mean have you seen the clothes they sell?

What I like best about this product is that it really stimulates the imagination. Nothing says "Secrets" like supposedly blank pages. What if there really are secrets there, say printed in an invisible ink, like Tolkien moon letters? What if the book is simply formed nanites, waiting for an activation code that will unravel the secrets for you? See, I already got you thinking about it. I'm sorry, what was I talking about?

Highly anticipating the Remaster PF2 Aroden's Murder File.

I'm trying to figure out the word count for this book. If The average page is around 500 words, but a picture is worth 1000 words and at first look, this book appears to be all pictures even if they are all white. So we might be getting twice as much information as a normal 160 page book.

The other possibility is since we really don't know what The Gap is, the gap could be referring to the leading or kerning in the layout. In either case, if centered at the middle of the book 160 pages of leading or kerning means the visible text starts and ends just outside the pages of the book. In other words, we are only seeing the gap. This is similar to why we can't see ultraviolet and infrared light. I suspect that with special glasses that can see beyond the pages, and we will finally be able to know the truth about The Gap.

I think the PDF needs to be marked as "abridged".

Katina Davis wrote:

PDF version should be ready!

The PDF's page count seems a little short compared to the back cover's stated 160-pages. Is there a gap in THE GAP? Are there SECRETS hidden in these missing pages? A mystery for the ages!

This is so silly and I love it.

They just took out the premium, paid-only content from the PDF since it is a free product. You know, give people incentive to buy it. But you should have all of the important information in the PDF.

Is this book written using Starfinder First Edition rules?

Anyone else notice that in the second picture the book is not reflected in the mirror.

Huh, interesting. Tech was trying to help me solve the watermarking problem and it seems to have solved itself, as it's no longer repeating the user's email address in the header and footer of every page. So, uh... you're welcome I guess?

<jazz hands> THE GAP </jazz hands>

Did anyone else get their mind blown by what was on page 63? I'm never going to look at Starfinder lore the same again.

Is this book written using Starfinder First Edition rules?

If you want it to be!

Is this book written using Starfinder First Edition rules?

As far as I can tell it's fully compatible with any gaming system and readable in any language, excluding the covers.

Did anyone else get their mind blown by what was on page 63? I'm never going to look at Starfinder lore the same again.

Uh, yeah! Totally! >_>

Looks like nothing in this book contradicts the very earliest ideas we had about the GAP when first creating the setting.
Nice job, Starfinder team!

Katina Davis wrote:

PDF version should be ready!

The PDF's page count seems a little short compared to the back cover's stated 160-pages. Is there a gap in THE GAP? Are there SECRETS hidden in these missing pages? A mystery for the ages!

This is so silly and I love it.

The other 30 pages with the real secrets are hidden in specific white pixels in the 130 pages in the PDF. THOSE are the ones you need to crack, just find the correct pixels and start hacking the deeper secrets and mysteries.

Note: Don't use this file to train your AI models. Results could be unpredictable and catastrophic.

I wonder how long it will take to incorporate all this new material into the Archives of Nethys?

I wonder how long it will take to incorporate all this new material into the Archives of Nethys?

That's the best part. It was ALL there from the start!

If you listen to The White Album backward at 160 rpm while reading this book upside down from the last page first, you can hear a message from Triune, At least I think it is Triune. Now if I could just remember want it said...

Maybe my least crazy theory why the book is 160 pages.

The number 160 appears in Starfinder Society Scenario 1-25 The Beacon Code Dilemma in reference to...

hiimwil wrote:

Katina Davis wrote:

PDF version should be ready!

The PDF's page count seems a little short compared to the back cover's stated 160-pages. Is there a gap in THE GAP? Are there SECRETS hidden in these missing pages? A mystery for the ages!

This is so silly and I love it.

The other 30 pages with the real secrets are hidden in specific white pixels in the 130 pages in the PDF. THOSE are the ones you need to crack, just find the correct pixels and start hacking the deeper secrets and mysteries.

Note: Don't use this file to train your AI models. Results could be unpredictable and catastrophic.

Necronomicon-trained AI FTW.

Figured I'd provide some summaries for the contents. Spoilered for obvious reasons.

Gap Backgrounds:

Gap Archetypes:

Gap Magic Items:

Gap Spells:

Finally ordered mine.

Given that the cover is using the new Starfinder 2e logo, I think this is now the first Starfinder 2e product.

I'm glad it's 100% backward compatible.

Figured I'd provide some summaries for the contents. Spoilered for obvious reasons.

Gap Backgrounds:
** spoiler omitted **

Gap Archetypes:
** spoiler omitted **

Gap Magic Items:
** spoiler omitted **

Gap Spells:
** spoiler omitted **

Somehow, I was really expecting the material in that last section to be different! Something like this:

Gap Spells:

Hmmm. Looks like somebody needs a memory wipe and probing. Wait. Strike that. Reverse it.

Given that the cover is using the new Starfinder 2e logo, I think this is now the first Starfinder 2e product.

I'm glad it's 100% backward compatible.

I noticed that, too. Someone decided to give the new edition's trade dress a trial run?

Can we just all take a few moments to reflect upon the perfection that is Thursty's picture with the product? Sheer. Perfection.

Can we just all take a few moments to reflect upon the perfection that is Thursty's picture with the product? Sheer. Perfection.

It's my favorite one too, and the one I,ve been sharing with the news about that book.. xD

Can we just all take a few moments to reflect upon the perfection that is Thursty's picture with the product? Sheer. Perfection.

It's giving me Westworld vibes: *blank expression* "it doesn't look like anything to me"

Okay, you got me ^_^

First time I've checked the Paizo site this month (the 7th), and I see a FREE pdf? Shut Up and Take My Non-Money!!

Five pages in, I finally get the joke ^_^

Very cool.

I'm starting to discover some real science behind The Gap It turns out that both astronomy and quantum field theory have mass gap problems.

Mass gap in quantum field theory.
In quantum field theory, the mass gap is the difference in energy between the vacuum and the next lowest energy state. The energy of the vacuum is zero by definition, and assuming that all energy states can be thought of as particles in plane-waves, the mass gap is the mass of the lightest particle.

‘mass gap’ between neutron stars and black holes .
The ‘mass gap’, spanning roughly three to five solar masses, was thought to separate two types of cosmic ‘compact objects’: neutron stars and black holes. However, this observation, termed GW230529, demonstrates that there is more to the long-standing theory than an empty gap.

So what is Starfinders mass gap problem? The hardcover book The Gap has 160 pages but the PDF only has 130 pages. So that's 30 missing pages. The problem is that even after three days of going over both the book and the PDF I can not determine what 30 pages are missing.

I just got my copy and I'm wondering if there was some kind of printing error? I was expecting a blank book but instead I got the collected knowledge of the mysteries of the Gap in excruciating detail, and looking at it is giving me a REALLY bad headache.