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As a bit of background to this question, I'm starting to do some research for a new PFS character. So far, all I'm certain on is that I want a religiously themed, non-Paladin religious type, as decisions may be shaped by information that isn't available to me yet (more information about Season 6 factions/goals, final details for the warpriest, etc.).
One option I've been considering is a follower of Abadar. The question of a primary weapon is what I need some assistance with (with a crossbow as a backup for theme). I thought modeling his equipment after the city guard of his hometown would be appropriate. However, I'm not sure where to find the necessary information. For those more familiar with the setting, AP's, and such detail guards with interesting and unique equipment or background? Pointing me towards sources that explore them further would be appreciated.
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They show up in certain APs and city books regarding the city in question.
The Korvosa City Guard has chainmail, heavy steel shields, longswords and light crossbows. Found in CotCT (Edge of Anarchy, to be specific), as is the fact that higher ranking members seem to have dispensation to vary from that.
The Sandpoint town guard have longswords, chain shirts, and longbows. Found in the RotRL Anniversary Edition.
The Magnimar City Watch have Masterwork Scale Mail, Halberds, Light Crossbows, and carry Saps as well. Found in Magnimar, City of Monuments. The Watch Captain presented replaces the Halberd with a Longsword and Swordbreaker Dagger, and the scale mail with chain mail.
Those are the only ones that leap to mind, but all the communities (especially Korvosa) have a strong Abadaran element.
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I'm going to be ignoring which pieces of equipment are masterwork (since you're going to be wanting to upgrade everything to magic anyway) in the gear loadouts here; I'm also skipping potions, numbers of arrows, etc. I'm also going to be skipping over guards of places that are overly chaotic (ex: Riddleport) or otherwise inappropriate for a worshiper of Abadar (ex: Azir).
The Korvosan Guard standard outfit (from Curse of the Crimson Throne) is Chainmail, a Heavy Steel Shield, a Longsword, and a Light Crossbow. Verik Vancaskerkin mixes things up with Chainmail, a Spear, and a Composite Longbow; it's described as still being his equipment from when he was with the guard. They start riding hippogriffs at higher levels/ranks, progressing into members of the Sable Company Marines.
There's also the Gray Maidens, which operated as Korvosa's guards for a while, but I'm not sure they're quite what you're looking for.
A member of Katapesh's Zephyr Guard has a standard loadout of Chainmail, a Heavy Wooden Shield, a Scimitar, Manacles, a Signal Whistle, and a Zephyr Amulet (which works as a neck-slotted everburning torch, probably not obtainable in PFS).
Osirion's Risen Guard (I'll note that the king of Osirion is a High Priest of Abadar) come per standard with a Chain Shirt, Darts, a Khopesh, a Guardsman Uniform, and a Disguise Kit according to the NPC Guide. Osirion, Legacy of Pharaohs, presents an alternate gear set that includes Half-Plate, a Heavy Wooden Shield, a Khopesh, a Heavy Crossbow, and a Cloak of Resistance. The Risen Guard is notably interesting because they
Westcrown's Dottari Guards have a standard loadout of a Breastplate, Heavy Steel Shield, Longsword, and Longbow.
Westcrown also has Hellknights of the Order of the Rack acting as town guards, but while there are Abadaran Hellknights and Hellknight Paladins, I'm assuming 'Hellknight' isn't the main flavor you're going for.
Magnimar's City Guard has a standard gear set of Scale Mail, a Halberd, a Light Crossbow, a Sap, a Bullseye Lantern, Manacles, and a Signal Whistle. Those promoted to City Watch Captains switch to a loadout of Chainmail, a Longsword, a Light Crossbow, a Swordbreaker Dagger, Manacles, and a Signal Whistle.
Members of the Sandpoint Watch have a standard gear set of a Chain Shirt, Longbow, and Longsword.
Lepidstadt in Ustalav equips its guards with Scale Mail, a Heavy Crossbow, and a Halberd.
I'll throw in that the Typhoon Guard in Minkai tends to use a Do-Maru, Naginata, and Composite Longbow (for commanders) and Steel Lamellar, a Composite Longbow, a Katana, a Wakizashi, and a Banner for the standard guards. Being a Typhoon Guard from the time period the Jade Regent was actively running things would be problematic (because he replaced them all with Oni), but being someone who either retired before then or joined up after the events of Jade Regent would probably make that a possible gear set choice if you wanted to come from over on Tian Xia (where Abadar is still considered a major deity).
I'd suggest starting looking with the Pathfinder Wiki. Korvosa and Sothis (the capital of Osirion, where the Risen Guard are based) probably have the most interesting city guard groups (and, notably, both have notable worship of Abadar going on), but if you're interested in some of the other areas, a guard from them could be interesting too. Based on whichever one(s) you find most interesting, I could direct you to more sources, but by and large there isn't a ton of info on some of them.
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This is a great help, thank you.
I'll definitely be reading more about Korvosa, Magnimar (more Sheila Heidmarch in my life can't ever be a bad thing, right?), and Sothis.
I was thinking of Abadar due to the information we have of the Sovereign Court, with the character seeing the Court's goals as lining up pretty well with Abadaran ideals. That might make the Risen Guard problematic, but the Eyes of Sothis would be workable.