For sanctioned Pathfinder Society play, are we allowed to use the Pathfinder Beta, or is it definitely the 3.5 PHB only?
3.5 only. the beta is just that a beta unfinished the PFS will go pathfinder RPG next year when the RPG goes live so to speak.
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For sanctioned Pathfinder Society play, are we allowed to use the Pathfinder Beta, or is it definitely the 3.5 PHB only?
Season 0 (this year) is 3.5 PHB with the few limitations listed in the Guide to Pathfinder Society Organized Play, the Beta point-buy costs, and the equipment selection from the Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting. When the final rules for the Pathfinder RPG are released next year at GenCon, and are no longer in flux, PFS will convert to the new rules, as will all other Paizo products.
Ok, thanks all. I wasn't quite clear on this.
I suspect that we will get details around June 2009 (about Origins), but I think I heard that it will allow for complete remakes, keeping only character level (maybe race and class too?)
Chad
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I suspect that we will get details around June 2009 (about Origins), but I think I heard that it will allow for complete remakes, keeping only character level (maybe race and class too?)
Chad
Last I heard, you will be able to rebuild your character from the ground up, including race and class. This may change, of course.
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The current thinking is that players will rebuild their characters up to their current level, so no one is going to "lose" experience because of the shift.
Isn't this if you haven't played all of scenarios? If your character is level 9 by Origins 2009, you only have 3 levels left before you reach PFS level cap/9 more scenarios? How is that going to work? Should I bother to update my character to PRPG if there is no scenarios that I would be able to play in? I know there was some talk about "special" scenarios at Cons to take place for those who have managed to play all of season 0's scenarios, if you are unable to play in those for whatever reason, is there plans to make scenarios available to take our characters to the level cap?
If not, should we then just convert the characters to PRPG to play in our home/store campaigns and withdraw them out of PFS?
No one is going to keep you from making a new character when the Pathfinder rules become legal. If you'd rather start a new character at level 1, do so. If you want to convert your existing character, do so.
Chad
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No one is going to keep you from making a new character when the Pathfinder rules become legal. If you'd rather start a new character at level 1, do so. If you want to convert your existing character, do so.
Chad
Maybe I wasn't clear on the last post. I am asking if a player has a character that is ninth level by the time that PRPG comes out, and converts that character, is there going to be the chance for that person to play that character during the new season?
Maybe even more so a scenario question then, at the start of Season 1, will there be scenarios for converted characters that are 9th level and above? So a newly converted higher level character can still play?
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Maybe even more so a scenario question then, at the start of Season 1, will there be scenarios for converted characters that are 9th level and above? So a newly converted higher level character can still play?
I imagine that from now on, or at least once the campaign catches up to the higher levels, that things will be released in various tiers at any given time. As it is, the four existing adventures cover anything from levels 1-5. With 28 scenarios a year, I'm assuming that, this year at least, they will ramp up so that people can play them all and not run out of scenarios. Then next year they might mix up the tier levels at GenCon and after to allow for new players/characters at lvl 1 and for existing PCs of all levels to continue.