I mainly play Pathfinder: Society, but might start playing regular pathfinder with a group of friends. If I recall correctly, in regular Pathfinder, you don't use the same lvl after 3 games rule, correct? With that being said, will my character only lvl up after playing 3 games of Society? Or will I need a completely separate character for regular Pathfinder? Please let me know.
Creoni.
You would create a whole new character for any Pathfinder games you play. Your PFS characters would only level based on the PFS Scenerios you would play.
If it is an Adventure Path then you would certainly start with a new 1st level character. The resources you use to create this character is only restricted by your GM. It is also the GM who decides how the character levels. There is the experience point system or some just say to level up at certain points in an Adventure Path.
In regular Pathfinder:
- What happens in Pathfinder Society stays in Pathfinder Society - nothing you do there carries over into the regular game. Similarly, what happens in the regular game stays in the regular game - it doesn't carry over into the Society.
- You would need to create a new character. Odds are you would probably still be able to create a character similar to your Society one, at least in concept.
- The rules for character creation (what's allowed, what's not allowed, etc) in a regular Pathfinder game are determined entirely by the GM. The Pathfinder Society rules on character creation do not apply. Your group might use some point buy other than 20 or even roll dice for your characters' stats.
- Leveling up is similarly determined by the GM - most will either (1) follow one of the XP progression charts (Core Rulebook page 30), or (2) level based on story progression. If you use XP, it's generally awarded after each encounter, though some GMs may wait until the end of the session to award XP.
- As a corollary to this, there is the possibility (especially if you're not playing an Adventure Path or if you're joining a game already in progress) that you may have to create a character at a level higher than 1.
- Most GMs have house rules of some sort that may deviate from core. If you have the Guide to Pathfinder Society Organized Play, you're already used to this - that booklet is the "house rule list" of Pathfinder Society.
- There is continuity and carryover from one session to the next! This means you might end a session with less than full HP, unrecovered ability damage, persistent status effects... and retain them when the next session starts. They do not need to be "resolved" at the end of the session; they carry over into the next. As a corollary to that, you may not necessarily end a session in a "safe" place - you may well be in the middle of a dungeon, about to fight its boss monster!
- There are no faction missions. Indeed, odds are your character isn't expected to be a member of the (in-universe) Pathfinder Society. It's entirely possible you may be in a different campaign setting from Golarion altogether.
Rule of Thumb: Read the Pathfinder Society Guide to Organized play. As a player of PFS I suppose you are familiar with it.
If something is spelled out explicitly in the guide, chances are it's a PFS specific rule.
Another thing: depending on your GM he might be willing to let you take options prohibited in PFS like item creation feats or playing a goblin. Though most sane GMs still wouldn't allow the latter. ;)
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