Drawbacks in PFS

[cdecle]

Can you use drawbacks / bad traits in PFS and is it a good idea to do so if you can?
I'd like to give my cleric of Shelyn who was brought up in a temple the Naive or Sheltered drawbacks.

[RainyDayNinja]

If you want to find out if something is legal:

1) Identify the book it's in.

2) Go to the Additional Resources page, and look up that book.

3) See if it's listed as legal.

Also, this should be in the PFS forums.

[Broken Prince]

Drawbacks are not allowed in PFS, you just have to get used to checking the additional resources doc. Anything not mentioned is not available since this is an inclusive rather than an exclusionary entry.

Additional Resources wrote:

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Ultimate Campaign

Refer to page 10 in the Guide to Pathfinder Society Organized Play for rules on utilizing character retraining.
Note: Race traits are only available for characters of the associated race. Religion traits are only available for characters of the associated religion.
Traits: all traits listed on pages 51-64 are legal for play except corpse cannibal, hedge magician, natural-born leader, rich parents, and unblemished barrel.

[cdecle]

Thanks for pointing that out, I didn't know what book the drawbacks are from.

[andreww]

cdecle wrote:

Thanks for pointing that out, I didn't know what book the drawbacks are from.

If you want to use material in PFS then you are required to own the source and bring it or a watermarked print out with you to the event.

[Broken Prince]

If you do not know where something is from I recommend taking a look on the Archives of Nethys it provides book and often page number which is very helpful. But yes, you do absolutely have to own the resource, etc., though with so many books being able to pin point locations is handy.

[LazarX]

You can certainly impose drawbacks on yourself in PFS for roleplaying purposes.

You're not going to get any compensatory benefit for doing so, however. i.e. you can't get an extra trait or feat by giving yourself drawbacks. Nor do you get any ageing modifiers for being old or venerable. Ezren gets the same ability score spread as Valeros, despite the fact that he's relatively an old man.