You could run the entire thing in "campaign" mode I believe, so you would not have to play anything in between anyways. I think once AA comes out, this will be...a popular option. Though it will be awhile until the entire AP is out.
So, if you are not playing the campaign then you must play scenarios after every AP part to gain enough XP to be in the correct level range for the next AP parts if you wish to play entire AP with the same group of PCs? And future scenarios will take into consideration level range of all Dead Suns AP parts so PCs can gain extra level from scenarios and in that way be able to play all six parts of AP, taking into consideration allowed level range for every part?
If max XP for every AP part is 3 XP then is campaign using some different XP rewards system? Is level range for AP parts applied in the campaign also?
Can PCs start playing the campaign before all parts of AP are released?
Could someone elaborate this to the new people to SFS organized play please?
"Alternatively, if you are participating in the Dead Suns Adventure Path with an ongoing group undertaking the entire, six-chapter campaign, you may receive credit for playing the adventures as if you had played a pregenerated character. In this case, GMs running the Adventure Path are not bound to the rules of the Starfinder Society Roleplaying Guild campaign when running the campaign. Starfinder Society characters and
characters from an ongoing Adventure Path campaign may not play in the same adventure."
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Campaign mode follows the adventure path xp curve. Or the GM arbitrarily gives you levels. Or maybe you're not using xp at all, and your GM decides to use the Alternity ruleset instead. Or maybe she prefers to play it out asa musical.
What that section means is that if you play the adventurepath entirely, you get a chronicle sheet for a Starfinder Society Character after completing the sanctioned content.
But is it possible to play entire AP with the characters who are SFS legal and to apply chronicle sheets to that same characters?
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But is it possible to play entire AP with the characters who are SFS legal and to apply chronicle sheets to that same characters?
Yes (ish)
You have to be the appropriate level for each part as given on the first page of the sanctioning document. Since you only get 3 XP (one level) for each part of the AP and the level ranges for each section are two levels, you need to find another 3XP somewhere. Which means you will need to play Starfinder Society scenarios or another sanctioned Adventure Path (not yet released) between sessions.For example, if you play Incident at Absalom Station with level 1 SFS characters you will be level 2 at the end and need to play 3 SFS scenarios to be level 3 before you can start "Temple of the Twelve."
If you plan on starting immediately you are going to hit a soft cap either right before or right after AP #4, "The Ruined Clouds." Simply because there won't yet be any published material to bridge that one-level gap. For that reason; if you are the type of group that tears through material, I suggest that you play the AP in Campaign mode and grant the chronicles to a different SFS character.
Also note that slipping in other SFS adventures to keep up with the level requirements is going to result in some pretty weird plot lines. For example, playing any of the SFS adventures before Incident at Absalom Station means you're already involved in the Starfinder Society, and likely on the station, which conflicts pretty hard with the beginning of the AP. Doing them after the AP is also weird because of the way the transition between the first AP volume and the second one works. I suppose you could do them in between parts of the AP? Campaign Mode just seems like it would work better...