Question regarding core characters and access to options


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Dark Archive 4/5 5/5

Does chronicle sheets on standard play characters with boons that give all of yourr character access to an option give that access to your core campaign characters?

Can you use boons, gotten by standard play characters, that allow you to pick another character you play (or have yet to start playing, with 0 XP) and give them access to soemthing, or some sort of bonus, on core campaign characters?

Sovereign Court 5/5 5/5 ****

My understanding is that boons 'don't cross the streams' between CORE and STANDARD play.

So, for example, if you earned a boon that granted access to, say, the Daggermark Poisoner prestige class, on one of your STANDARD characters, all of your STANDARD PCs would have access to it, but your CORE PCs would not.

Scarab Sages 5/5 5/5 **** Venture-Captain, Washington—Spokane

Luke is correct. One of the things I have noticed is that some think that Core and Standard PFS characters are still part of the same campaign. If a chacter in the Standard PFS Campaign gets access to something, only the Standard PFS Campaign characters have that access. Hope that clears things up.

Dark Archive 4/5 5/5 ** Venture-Agent, Australia—QLD—Brisbane

Apart from declarations, can you point out WHERE this is spelled out? I don't see it anywhere in the guide?

Sovereign Court 5/5 5/5 ****

Interestingly, the wording changed between editions of the Guide...

Previous Core Campaign wrote:

Limited Resources: Core Campaign PCs are limited to using the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook, Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide, and Pathfinder RPG Character Traits Web Enhancement when building their characters.

Some adventures’ Chronicle sheets also open access to other gear, feats, and other character options, which Core characters can use. Only such Chronicle sheets earned in the Core Campaign offer these expanded options to Core PCs.
The only exception to this rule are special race options. Boons that offer additional race options only apply to the Core Campaign if they were earned during an adventure; promotional boons and other Chronicle sheets that open up new race options otherwise can't be used in the Core Campaign.

Bolded for emphasis.

Current Core Campaign wrote:

Limited Resources: Core Campaign PCs are limited to using the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook, Pathfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide, and the Pathfinder RPG Character Traits Web Enhancement when building their characters.

Chronicle Sheets: Items listed on Chronicle sheets earned in the Core Campaign are valid options for Core characters. Promotional boons and other Chronicle sheets that open up new race options otherwise can’t be used in the Core Campaign.

So, by the previous guide, archetypes / feats found on chronicle sheets in the core campaign, could be used by characters in the core campaign.

By the strictest reading of the current guide, the only non-core things you can access on chronicle sheets, are items; other things (like special familiars, and archetypes) are *not* legal.

I can't believe that was the intention, however...? My guess is, that the text was simply deleted to make space...

Dark Archive 4/5 5/5 ** Venture-Agent, Australia—QLD—Brisbane

Perhaps you are reading 'Items' too literally? Perhaps the word is intended to cover any rules entity, rather than strictly referring just to equipment?

Grand Lodge 4/5 **

It's all right here:Core Campaign Stuff

Dark Archive 4/5 5/5 ** Venture-Agent, Australia—QLD—Brisbane

Those things look like they'd be useful to have in the Organised Play Guide...but thanks for sharing.

Grand Lodge 4/5 **

It does state that Core and Standard are two seperate campaigns.

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