Sheila Heidmarch faction?

[Derek VanTilburg]

Did I miss it or is Sheila Heidmarch not have a faction listed?

[Major_Blackhart]

I thought she was with the Pathfinders.

[Derek VanTilburg]

Major_Blackhart wrote:

I thought she was with the Pathfinders.

She is but as a member of The Pathfinder Society she should have a faction alliance. And what I have read of her is making me think that she is A member of The Grand Lodge.

[John Compton]

The faction system is primarily an extension of the Pathfinder Society Organized Play campaign, and by extension it is primarily a tool for the PCs. A safe operating assumption is that NPC venture-captains do not belong to any of the factions or effectively belong to the Grand Lodge faction (i.e. the "Pathfinders first and Pathfinders second" faction).

[Derek VanTilburg]

Ok. Well that makes the letter to the PC's I am going to prop up easier. I like that factions are just a function of the Society play and not something I need to worry about in the AP.

[Urath DM]

There is the "Faction Guide" which extends the concept of factions to home play. In that, the Pathfinders are just one single Faction, while other groups (Aspis Consortium, Whispering Way, various churches, etc.) are others.

They use the same mechanics as PFS, but are not part of organized play.

There are also various Faction-lite organizations in Inner Sea Magic (Guilds, Schools), Inner Sea Combat (Gladiator Arenas, Martial Academies), and Occult Mysteries (Secret Societies) that use a modified version of the same mechanics.

I find the Faction Guide and related materials useful for letting the PCs participate in factional politics in my home games without worrying about the PFS factions.