Alright so while I like playing with my smaller group of friends I would really like to try out this PFS thing.
The issues I am having are that I can't seem to find the pre-generated characters (Unless that is what the New Card Game Characterthing is for)
Also I am not sure what Classes and Races are available without a specific 'Boon' and on top of that what in the blue blazes is a boon anyway?
I have a PFS number and so forth but I am lost beyond that point. I downloaded the Guide but doesn't seem to be helping much.
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Word of advice, the pregens are typically just this side of awful - avoid them if you can.
There is a download for the pregens on the Player Resources page.
Race information can be found on the Additional Resources page. Note, that to use a source you need to have a copy of it. Here is what you are probably looking for in terms of races -
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Advanced Race Guide
To create an aasimar, dhampir, fetchling, grippli, goblin, ifrit, kitsune, nagaji, oread, suli, sylph, tiefling, undine, vishkanya or wayang character, you must have a Chronicle sheet that opens the race as a legal option at character creation.
Note: Alternate racial traits, racial archetypes, racial evolutions, racial feats, and racial spells are only available for characters of the associated race. Racial equipment and magic items can be purchased and used by any race as long as the specific item permits it (for example, only halflings can purchase and use solidsmoke pipeweed).
The new alchemist discovery on page 44 is legal for play for characters of all races.
Dwarves: all alternate racial traits, except craftsman and xenophobic, are legal for play; racial subtypes are legal for play; all favored class options except wizard are legal for play; all archetypes are legal for play. The Forgemaster's 3rd level Craft Magic Arms and Armor bonus feat is replaced with the Heavy Armor Proficiency feat. The Forgemaster's 5th level master smith ability is replaced with Skill Focus (Craft); all dwarven equipment, feats, magic items, and spells are legal for play.
Elves: all alternate racial traits, except darkvision; all racial subtypes except arctic and dusk elves, are legal for play; all racial subtypes, favored class options, racial archetypes, elven special materials except wyroot, feats, magic items, and spells are legal for play.
Gnomes: all alternate racial traits, racial subtypes, and favored class options are legal for play; all racial archetypes except experimental gunsmith are legal for play; all gnome equipment, feats, and spells are legal for play; all gnome magic items except amazing tools of manufacture are legal for play; Ring of craft magic may be used for Day Job checks.
Half-Elves: all alernate racial traits except drow-blooded and drow magic are legal for play; all racial subtypes except drow-descended are legal for play; all favored class options are legal for play; all racial archetypes except wild caller are legal for play. For the bonded witch archetype, energy siege shot is replaced with resounding shot (Advanced Player's Guide 238) at 10th level and arcane cannon is replaced with fire brand (Advanced Player's Guide 222) at 14th level under the bonded item weapon entry; all half-elven equipment, magic items, and spells are legal for play; all half-elven feats except Half-Drow Paragon are legal for play.
Half-Orcs: all alternate racial traits, racial subtypes, and favored class options are legal for play; all racial archetypes except blood god disciple and hateful rager are legal for play; all half-orc equipment is legal for play; all half-orc feats except Tenacious Survivor is legal for play; all half-orc magic items are legal for play; all half-orc spells except half-blood extraction are legal for play
Halflings: all alternate racial traits except Practicality are legal for play; all racial subtypes, favored class options, racial archetypes, orders, equipment, feats, and magic items are legal for play.
Humans: all alternate racial traits except heart of the fields and heroic are legal for play; all racial subtypes, except trailblazer, are legal for play; all favored class options, feats, equipment, and spells are legal for play; all racial archetypes and bloodlines except buccaneer and feral child are legal for play.
In Chapter 2, nothing from the catfolk, drow, hobgoblins, kobolds, orcs, and ratfolk entries are currently legal for play.
Aasimars: all alternate racial traits, favored class options, racial archetypes, racial equipment, feats, magic items, and spells are legal for play.
Dhampirs: all alternate racial traits, favored class options, racial archetypes, racial equipment except vampire slayer's kit, magic items, and spells are legal for play; all dhampir feats except Blood Drinker, Blood Feaster, Blood Salvage, and Diverse Palate are legal for play.
Fetchling: all alternate racial traits, favored class options, archetypes except shadow caller, evolutions, equipment, feats, magic items, and spells are legal for play.
Goblins: all alternate racial traits, goblin discoveries, favored class options, archetypes, equipment, feats, magic items, and spells except vomit twin are legal for play.
Ifrits: all alternate racial traits, favored class options, racial archetypes, racial equipment, feats, magic items, and spells are legal for play.
Oreads: all alternate racial traits, favored class options, racial archetypes, racial equipment, feats, magic items, and spells are legal for play.
Sylphs: all alternate racial traits, favored class options, racial archetypes, racial equipment, feats, magic items, and spells are legal for play.
Tengus: all alternate racial traits, favored class options, racial archetypes, racial equipment, feats, magic items, and spells are legal for play.
Tieflings: all alternate racial traits, favored class options, racial equipment, feats, magic items, and spells are legal for play; all racial archetypes except Fiendish Vessel are legal for play.
Undines: all alternate racial traits, favored class options, racial archetypes, racial equipment, feats, magic items, and spells are legal for play.
In Chapter 3, nothing from the changelings, duergar, gillmen, merfolk, samsarans, strix, svirfneblin, and vanaras entries are currently legal for play.
The rogue talents on page 193 are legal for play for characters of all races.
Gripplis: all alternate racial traits, favored class options, racial archetypes, racial equipment, racial discoveries, racial magic items, and racial feats are legal for play.
Kitsune: all alternate racial traits, favored class options, racial archetypes, racial feats, and magic items are legal for play.
Nagaji: all alternate racial traits, favored class options, racial archetypes, racial feats, and magic items are legal for play.
Sulis: all alternate racial traits, favored class options, racial archetypes, racial equipment, feats, and spells are legal for play.
Vishkanyas:all alternate racial traits, favored class options, racial archetypes, racial equipment, feats, magic items, and spells are legal for play.
Wayangs: all alternate racial traits, favored class options, racial archetypes, racial equipment, feats, magic items, and spell are legal for play.
Nothing in Chapter 4 is legal for play
Simply - a boon is something available to one's character that would normally not be. So as an example if you want to play an ifirt race for example you would need a boon. I think race boons are normally received at conventions.
Then there are boons you receive as you play scenarios. There are a handful that are fun and useful, but for the most part they are all fairly minor.
Damn no Catfolk, well I guess I could do a Puss in Boots character with a Kitsune.
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You can also get boons for going to conventions or gm'ing pfs. They are typically one-use.
Pregenerated characters are found on the pathfinder society, gm resources page.
http://paizo.com/pathfinderSociety/gmResources
It's basically 20 pt buy, two traits, 150 gp, no evil characters.
You need to pick a faction, which are listed in the guide.
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Start by downloading the free Guide to Organized Play and reading that. It'll tell you what you need to know to build a character - point buy, legal races, starting gold, etc.