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The additional resources page says at the top:
In order to use these additional resources for your character, you must bring a physical copy of the book with you or printouts of the appropriate pages detailing cost (if any) and explanations for each feat, item, spell, prestige class, and so on that you use.
The most recent Guide says:
In order to utilize content from an Additional Resource, a player must have a physical copy of the Additional Resource in question, a name-watermarked Paizo PDF of it, or a printout of the relevant pages from it, as well as a copy of the current version of the Additional Resources list.
I'm assuming the Guide wins, but AR should probably be updated.
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Slightly off topic, but related: it is also important to point out that the PRD is a method of distribution for a resource. It's annoying to listen to people say that the PRD can't be used because it's not listed in the "additional resources", which is completely nonsensical.
The PRD can be used for reference. It can't be used as a source. There's a difference--in this case using something as a source demonstrates ownership.
I still use the PRD for a quick spell lookup nine times out of ten. But I still have the PDFs on my tablet.
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I would like to clarify that there is the PRD which is in the sidebar to the left and is run by Paizo.
Then you have the D20PFSRD which is not PFS legal as a reference OR a source. Since it is fan generated, has 3rd party all up in it's business, and so on.
Now I will note that I do use D20PFSRD it at time to find obscure feats, rules, and etc that the PRD's search engine isn't quite good enough to find for me.
I will double note that D20PFSRD is a great resource Pathfinder in general, just not PFS.
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But, due to the name changes, it can confuse peeople, since the Additional Resources page uses the real Paizo/Pathfinder names, but D20PFSRD now has many things with "alternate" names, which makes it harder to verify PFS legality.
Yes, especially when Additional Resources says something like 'all feats except X, Y, and Z are legal for play' and the D20PFSRD-reliant player selects 'the feat formerly known as X'.
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But, due to the name changes, it can confuse peeople, since the Additional Resources page uses the real Paizo/Pathfinder names, but D20PFSRD now has many things with "alternate" names, which makes it harder to verify PFS legality.Yes, especially when Additional Resources says something like 'all feats except X, Y, and Z are legal for play' and the D20PFSRD-reliant player selects 'the feat formerly known as X'.
This is a very good reason for not using it as a source. But this presents an entirely different problem.
Using the PRD or d20PFSRD as your source. Technically they should be using their book or PDF. Not the PRD or d20PFSRD to build their character.
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We have already agreed, and it has been made explicit many times, that online databases are not legal representations of ownership for the purposes of PFS. They can be used for a quick reference because they are easily searchable.
This doesn't change the fact that the Additional Resources is out of date. But it did get this thread moved to where it's not useful! Thanks, guys.
But it did get this thread moved to where it's not useful! Thanks, guys.
This thread was moved here because Mike Brock is in charge of this document, not the web team. :)
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to what degree is the Additional resource out of date? Months? weeks? some other random degree?
That has to be answered as a double answer.
For most items in it, it is usually no more than a month out of date. It gets updated every month to cover the new releases.
For a few of the things on it, mainly stuff that would be considered static, it sometimes gets overlooked during the update process.
For instance, while I am working on this reply, the version available is from Jan 30th of this year. However, as has been mentioned in another thread, there is an update to it expected today, that will have the new stuff, and a few changes to older stuff.
As an example, while it no longer contains the reference, it was some time after the Pathfinder Society Field Guide was moved into the Core Assumption in the Guide to Pathfinder Society Organized Play, and Seekers of Secrets was moved out of the Core Assumption, that Seekers finally had the reference to being in the Core Assumption removed.
There were also some changes on the web version of Additional Resources that took a few iterations before they made their way into the PDF download for Additional Resources.
Hope that answers your question without confusing you too much.