PFS-Legal Races in Advanced Race Guide

[Aveldaxis]

The Pathfinder Society Additional Resources page states the following:
"To create an aasimar, dhampir, fetchling ifrit, kitsune, nagaji, oread, sylph, tengu, tiefling, undine, or wayang character, you must have a Chronicle sheet that opens the race as a legal option at character creation."

And also: "In Chapter 3, nothing from the changelings, duergar, gillmen, gripplis, merfolk, samsarans, strix, sulis, svirfneblin, vanaras, and vishkanyas entries are currently legal for play."

So my question is this: what races in this book, if any, are legal for use in PFS without a special chronicle sheet? I would really appreciate knowing before I buy it.

[Harrison]

The book is worth buying on it's own merits, not just because of what's inside that may or may not be PFS-Legal.

To actually answer the question, I don't know. I've never played a PFS game before, nor do I really plan to, so I can't say what is and isn't legal inside it.

[Aveldaxis]

With the vast majority of what I play these days being Society organized, it matters immensely to me what I will actually be able to use from this book, specifically new races.

[Sniggevert]

Currently, the core races that are in the Core Rulebook are legal for play without a Chronicle boon.

As of 8/16/12, you will also be able to add aasimar, tiefling, and tengu to that list as well. All other races will still need a boon to play in PFS.

[Aveldaxis]

Sniggevert wrote:

As of 8/16/12, you will also be able to add aasimar, tiefling, and tengu to that list as well.

That is great news. I'm happy about it and I imagine a lot of people will be. Those three races are basically the ones I wanted to play!

Do you have a source for this information?

[Thazar]

The Paizo blog from today had that info. I think it is also in the new PFS player guide download with more details.

[Lord Fyre]

Thazar wrote:

The Paizo blog from today had that info. I think it is also in the new PFS player guide download with more details.

So they are saying that the Aasimar, Tengu and Tiefling are completely balanced against the core races?

[TriOmegaZero]

No, they are saying they are legal for organized play. Which says nothing about how balanced they are.

[mach1.9pants]

Can you explain to me, just for my edification (no PFS in NZ!) what a Chronicle Boon is? Thanks

[Take Boat]

You can get special record (Chronicle) sheets at conventions and such that let you play non-standard races. Aasimar, Tiefling and Tengu previously required such and races like Undine and Kitsune still do.

[mach1.9pants]

Thanks :)