paizo.com Recent Posts in Starfinder Society Questionpaizo.com Recent Posts in Starfinder Society Question2017-08-02T21:28:58Z2017-08-02T21:28:58ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: Starfinder Society QuestionHmmhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uhro?Starfinder-Society-Question#162017-08-23T04:02:03Z2017-08-23T04:02:03Z<p>Verte, all you need is the Starfinder Core Rulebook, the guide to SFS play, and an Organized Play number. That said, we'll be happy to answer all your questions on the official SFS discord channel:</p>
<p><b><a href="http://sfschat.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SFSchat.com</a></b></p>
<p>You can talk with a bunch of GMs there who run online, as well as Jesse Davis (Ironhelixx) the Venture Captain of Online Play. They'll get you oriented, and help you find players if you don't have some in mind already!</p>
<p>Hmm
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Venture Lieutenant, PFS Online.</p>Verte, all you need is the Starfinder Core Rulebook, the guide to SFS play, and an Organized Play number. That said, we'll be happy to answer all your questions on the official SFS discord channel:
SFSchat.com
You can talk with a bunch of GMs there who run online, as well as Jesse Davis (Ironhelixx) the Venture Captain of Online Play. They'll get you oriented, and help you find players if you don't have some in mind already!
Hmm
Venture Lieutenant, PFS Online.Hmm2017-08-23T04:02:03ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: Starfinder Society QuestionVerteNoirhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uhro?Starfinder-Society-Question#152017-08-22T16:52:07Z2017-08-22T16:52:07Z<p>Im sorry if I am asking in the wrong place but how do I go about registering to run Starfinder Society (officially) on Roll20? Thanks!</p>Im sorry if I am asking in the wrong place but how do I go about registering to run Starfinder Society (officially) on Roll20? Thanks!VerteNoir2017-08-22T16:52:07ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: Starfinder Society Questionwolaberry (alias of James Priebnow)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uhro?Starfinder-Society-Question#142017-08-14T19:03:18Z2017-08-14T19:03:18Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">John Compton wrote:</div><blockquote><p> The Starfinder Society adventures have introduced a series of tags on just under the table of contents. These are defined in the upcoming Starfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide, and I'll summarize them here.</p>
<p>Exclusive: This adventure can only be run under special circumstancs, such as at certain events or by certain GMs.
<br />
Faction: This adventure has a special faction tie-in.
<br />
Quest: This adventure is a series of short quests.
<br />
Replayable: This adventure can be replayed for credit.
<br />
Starship: This adventure involves starship combat.</p>
<p>So when you get your scenario(s), you can take a look for the starship tag. If it has that, prep the starship combat rules. Otherwise? You can focus on other parts of the book.</p>
<p>•• spoiler omitted ••</p>
<p></blockquote><p>Looks like I need to dig through my collection of minis. I'm running both scenarios at SkalCon.
</p>
http://www.skalcon.org/</p>John Compton wrote:The Starfinder Society adventures have introduced a series of tags on just under the table of contents. These are defined in the upcoming Starfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide, and I'll summarize them here.
Exclusive: This adventure can only be run under special circumstancs, such as at certain events or by certain GMs.
Faction: This adventure has a special faction tie-in.
Quest: This adventure is a series of short quests.
Replayable: This adventure can be replayed...wolaberry (alias of James Priebnow)2017-08-14T19:03:18ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: Starfinder Society QuestionPakishihttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uhro?Starfinder-Society-Question#132017-08-06T00:39:34Z2017-08-06T00:39:34Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">John Compton wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">bluesman95 wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">John Compton wrote:</div><blockquote><p> The Starfinder Society adventures have introduced a series of tags on just under the table of contents. These are defined in the upcoming Starfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide, and I'll summarize them here.</p>
<p>Exclusive: This adventure can only be run under special circumstancs, such as at certain events or by certain GMs.
<br />
Faction: This adventure has a special faction tie-in.
<br />
Quest: This adventure is a series of short quests.
<br />
Replayable: This adventure can be replayed for credit.
<br />
Starship: This adventure involves starship combat.</p>
<p>So when you get your scenario(s), you can take a look for the starship tag. If it has that, prep the starship combat rules. Otherwise? You can focus on other parts of the book.</p>
<p>•• spoiler omitted ••</p>
<p></blockquote><p>9
<p>Thanks that is nice to know, now is 1-00 a exclusive since I have a gm wanting to schedule that at our game day while we are at GenCon </blockquote><p>We've built in the exclusive tag into the campaign, but we have yet to place it in an adventure; #1–00 will be available for purchase and to GM by all.
<p>Future specials might use the exclusive tag. For now, though, let's just enjoy these five very fine adventures debutting at Gen Con 2017. </blockquote><p>Thanks John!John Compton wrote:bluesman95 wrote: John Compton wrote:The Starfinder Society adventures have introduced a series of tags on just under the table of contents. These are defined in the upcoming Starfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide, and I'll summarize them here.
Exclusive: This adventure can only be run under special circumstancs, such as at certain events or by certain GMs.
Faction: This adventure has a special faction tie-in.
Quest: This adventure is a series of short quests....Pakishi2017-08-06T00:39:34ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: Starfinder Society QuestionJohn Compton (Starfinder Senior Developer)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uhro?Starfinder-Society-Question#122017-08-06T00:39:05Z2017-08-05T19:42:30Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">bluesman95 wrote:</div><blockquote> <div class="messageboard-quotee">John Compton wrote:</div><blockquote><p> The Starfinder Society adventures have introduced a series of tags on just under the table of contents. These are defined in the upcoming Starfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide, and I'll summarize them here.</p>
<p>Exclusive: This adventure can only be run under special circumstancs, such as at certain events or by certain GMs.
<br />
Faction: This adventure has a special faction tie-in.
<br />
Quest: This adventure is a series of short quests.
<br />
Replayable: This adventure can be replayed for credit.
<br />
Starship: This adventure involves starship combat.</p>
<p>So when you get your scenario(s), you can take a look for the starship tag. If it has that, prep the starship combat rules. Otherwise? You can focus on other parts of the book.</p>
<p>•• spoiler omitted ••</p>
<p></blockquote><p>9
<p>Thanks that is nice to know, now is 1-00 a exclusive since I have a gm wanting to schedule that at our game day while we are at GenCon </blockquote><p>We've built in the exclusive tag into the campaign, but we have yet to place it in an adventure; #1–00 will be available for purchase and to GM by all.
<p>Future specials might use the exclusive tag. For now, though, let's just enjoy these five very fine adventures debutting at Gen Con 2017.</p>bluesman95 wrote:John Compton wrote:The Starfinder Society adventures have introduced a series of tags on just under the table of contents. These are defined in the upcoming Starfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide, and I'll summarize them here.
Exclusive: This adventure can only be run under special circumstancs, such as at certain events or by certain GMs.
Faction: This adventure has a special faction tie-in.
Quest: This adventure is a series of short quests.
Replayable: This adventure...John Compton (Starfinder Senior Developer)2017-08-05T19:42:30ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: Starfinder Society Questionbluesman95https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uhro?Starfinder-Society-Question#112017-08-05T19:06:54Z2017-08-05T19:06:54Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">John Compton wrote:</div><blockquote><p> The Starfinder Society adventures have introduced a series of tags on just under the table of contents. These are defined in the upcoming Starfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide, and I'll summarize them here.</p>
<p>Exclusive: This adventure can only be run under special circumstancs, such as at certain events or by certain GMs.
<br />
Faction: This adventure has a special faction tie-in.
<br />
Quest: This adventure is a series of short quests.
<br />
Replayable: This adventure can be replayed for credit.
<br />
Starship: This adventure involves starship combat.</p>
<p>So when you get your scenario(s), you can take a look for the starship tag. If it has that, prep the starship combat rules. Otherwise? You can focus on other parts of the book.</p>
<p>•• spoiler omitted ••</p>
<p></blockquote><p>9
<p>Thanks that is nice to know, now is 1-00 a exclusive since I have a gm wanting to schedule that at our game day while we are at GenCon</p>John Compton wrote:The Starfinder Society adventures have introduced a series of tags on just under the table of contents. These are defined in the upcoming Starfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide, and I'll summarize them here.
Exclusive: This adventure can only be run under special circumstancs, such as at certain events or by certain GMs.
Faction: This adventure has a special faction tie-in.
Quest: This adventure is a series of short quests.
Replayable: This adventure can be replayed...bluesman952017-08-05T19:06:54ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: Starfinder Society QuestionJohn Compton (Starfinder Senior Developer)https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uhro?Starfinder-Society-Question#102017-08-06T04:14:45Z2017-08-05T15:32:14Z<p>The Starfinder Society adventures have introduced a series of tags on just under the table of contents. These are defined in the upcoming Starfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide, and I'll summarize them here.</p>
<p>Exclusive: This adventure can only be run under special circumstancs, such as at certain events or by certain GMs.
<br />
Faction: This adventure has a special faction tie-in.
<br />
Quest: This adventure is a series of short quests.
<br />
Replayable: This adventure can be replayed for credit.
<br />
Starship: This adventure involves starship combat.</p>
<p>So when you get your scenario(s), you can take a look for the starship tag. If it has that, prep the starship combat rules. Otherwise? You can focus on other parts of the book.</p>
<p>[Spoiler omitted]</p>The Starfinder Society adventures have introduced a series of tags on just under the table of contents. These are defined in the upcoming Starfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide, and I'll summarize them here.
Exclusive: This adventure can only be run under special circumstancs, such as at certain events or by certain GMs.
Faction: This adventure has a special faction tie-in.
Quest: This adventure is a series of short quests.
Replayable: This adventure can be replayed for credit.
Starship:...John Compton (Starfinder Senior Developer)2017-08-05T15:32:14ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: Starfinder Society QuestionGary Bushhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uhro?Starfinder-Society-Question#92017-08-05T14:24:19Z2017-08-05T14:24:19Z<p>The good news is that the scenarios don't use all the rule at once.</p>The good news is that the scenarios don't use all the rule at once.Gary Bush2017-08-05T14:24:19ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: Starfinder Society QuestionJhaemanhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uhro?Starfinder-Society-Question#82017-08-05T09:26:00Z2017-08-05T09:26:00Z<p>I'm a feeling a bit stressed about having scheduled to GM a game on August 19th. I do have the Core Rulebook already, but it's a lot to go through! I'm particularly nervous about trying to figure out vehicle and starship rules. But, I guess like any new game we just have to muddle through the first several sessions until more and more of it starts to sink in and seems intuitive...</p>I'm a feeling a bit stressed about having scheduled to GM a game on August 19th. I do have the Core Rulebook already, but it's a lot to go through! I'm particularly nervous about trying to figure out vehicle and starship rules. But, I guess like any new game we just have to muddle through the first several sessions until more and more of it starts to sink in and seems intuitive...Jhaeman2017-08-05T09:26:00ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: Starfinder Society Questionbluesman95https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uhro?Starfinder-Society-Question#72017-08-04T19:53:53Z2017-08-04T19:53:53Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">Gary Bush wrote:</div><blockquote> The guild will have to be out before the con. I am expect it (and the update to PFS guide) on the 15th or 16th. </blockquote><p>I know you are probably correct with all they are doing to prepare for Gen Con hopefully they are able to get it out early next weekGary Bush wrote:The guild will have to be out before the con. I am expect it (and the update to PFS guide) on the 15th or 16th.
I know you are probably correct with all they are doing to prepare for Gen Con hopefully they are able to get it out early next weekbluesman952017-08-04T19:53:53ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: Starfinder Society QuestionGary Bushhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uhro?Starfinder-Society-Question#62017-08-04T17:15:13Z2017-08-04T13:34:15Z<p>The guild will have to be out before the con. I am expect it (and the update to PFS guide) on the 15th or 16th.</p>The guild will have to be out before the con. I am expect it (and the update to PFS guide) on the 15th or 16th.Gary Bush2017-08-04T13:34:15ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: Starfinder Society QuestionPakishihttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uhro?Starfinder-Society-Question#52017-08-04T05:43:35Z2017-08-04T05:43:35Z<div class="messageboard-quotee">sanwah68 wrote:</div><blockquote> Do we also have any idea when the Starfinder Guild Guide and the pregens are going to go up for download....I would love to do my reading/printing/info dumping in batches, not try to download for printing when everyone is trying to download the Rulebook. </blockquote><p>I second that query. I'm targeting August 20th for our SFS kickoff an would like to get those printed early.sanwah68 wrote:Do we also have any idea when the Starfinder Guild Guide and the pregens are going to go up for download....I would love to do my reading/printing/info dumping in batches, not try to download for printing when everyone is trying to download the Rulebook.
I second that query. I'm targeting August 20th for our SFS kickoff an would like to get those printed early.Pakishi2017-08-04T05:43:35ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: Starfinder Society Questionsanwah68https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uhro?Starfinder-Society-Question#42017-08-04T03:44:48Z2017-08-04T03:44:48Z<p>Do we also have any idea when the Starfinder Guild Guide and the pregens are going to go up for download....I would love to do my reading/printing/info dumping in batches, not try to download for printing when everyone is trying to download the Rulebook.</p>Do we also have any idea when the Starfinder Guild Guide and the pregens are going to go up for download....I would love to do my reading/printing/info dumping in batches, not try to download for printing when everyone is trying to download the Rulebook.sanwah682017-08-04T03:44:48ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: Starfinder Society QuestionThurston Hillman (Managing Creative Director (Starfinder))https://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uhro?Starfinder-Society-Question#32018-03-30T09:26:36Z2017-08-04T03:18:52Z<p>It's something I'm working on (right now in fact). Sorry for the delayed response on this, the "Welcome to Starfinder Society" boon is one of those odd items that kind of ended up at the end of my pre-Gen Con workload!</p>It's something I'm working on (right now in fact). Sorry for the delayed response on this, the "Welcome to Starfinder Society" boon is one of those odd items that kind of ended up at the end of my pre-Gen Con workload!Thurston Hillman (Managing Creative Director (Starfinder))2017-08-04T03:18:52ZRe: Forums: Starfinder Society: Starfinder Society QuestionAndy Brownhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uhro?Starfinder-Society-Question#22017-08-02T21:28:58Z2017-08-02T19:32:16Z<p>If it does, it's going to be for everybody :)</p>If it does, it's going to be for everybody :)Andy Brown2017-08-02T19:32:16ZForums: Starfinder Society: Starfinder Society QuestionJohannVonUlmhttps://paizo.com/threads/rzs2uhro?Starfinder-Society-Question#12017-08-02T21:28:58Z2017-08-02T11:34:03Z<p>I have scanned the message boards and haven't seen this asked, but I easily could have missed it.</p>
<p>I manage a decent sized PFS group at a local game shop. We average anywhere from 5-14 players twice a month. We regularly get new players dropping in. One of the things I really like to be able to do is hand the new player the "Welcome to PFS" cert. It's a nice survival tool for a player who may be new to the Pathfinder system.</p>
<p>Will Starfinder Society have an equivalent cert for new players and their "dash 1" first character?</p>I have scanned the message boards and haven't seen this asked, but I easily could have missed it.
I manage a decent sized PFS group at a local game shop. We average anywhere from 5-14 players twice a month. We regularly get new players dropping in. One of the things I really like to be able to do is hand the new player the "Welcome to PFS" cert. It's a nice survival tool for a player who may be new to the Pathfinder system.
Will Starfinder Society have an equivalent cert for new players and...JohannVonUlm2017-08-02T11:34:03Z