Continuing lvl 1 Pregen as a character

[PaulH]

Hi

Just checked out the pregens for the Occultist Adventures, specifically the Kineticist.

Yoon starts out as a Human Child. Nice background, but I didn't know you could start out as a child character. Can you take child characters? Or is this just fluff?

Yoon is small and gains all the benefits as such, so probably not.

Like the character (but prefer different feats).

Any clarifications would be most helpful.

Thanks
Paul H

[Chess Pwn]

You can't start as a child in PFS.
Yoon is an exception, as are all Pregens.
You'd have to make a character similar to Yoon, but as a medium human instead of small.

[Pirate Rob]

I believe the current version of the guide to organized play no longer contains the you may continue to play the iconic by filing off its serial numbers clause.

[PaulH]

Hi

Thanks for the prompt answer. I didn't think you could use the young template.

One of those pregen anomalies.

Presume the pregen is still active - will be using it on Saturday in a home PFS game.

Thanks again
Paul H

[Paladin of Baha-who?]

You can play a character based on the iconic, but if it uses rules or items that are exceptions to the normal rules, you can't use them. For instance, if you're playing a Core campaign, you can use Iconic Sajan with the temple sword, but if you make a character based on him, you can't use a temple sword unless you find one on a chronicle.

You could make a character based on Yoon, but medium sized, and say it's Yoon a couple years older than the Pregen, grown just enough to be medium-sized.

[LazarX]

You can't progress any iconic. Your only options are to play Pre-gens AS THEY ARE... or make a new character. And you can not make new characters which are children.

[Sebastian Hirsch]

Actually, aside from the additional resources issue, you can just copy most of the iconics to a character sheet, change the name and have a legal PFS character.

There are a couple of exceptions, Yoon is a young Human, which isn't PFS legal so you would have to remove the young bit.
Some pregens just have errors, obviously those are not legal.

[Tempest_Knight]

Yoon doesn't use the young template. She is just Small.

You CAN build clones of the pregens. The only caveat is that you must correct any abnormalities.

Amiri's 2 combat traits...
Yoon being a Small Human...

I find that converting pregens can be a great way to quick build PCs. (Nice starting point when helping new players build their dash-ones.)

Even better... You can correct aspects of the Pregen when you are making the PC yours.