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Been playing first edition Pathfinder for over a decade now. Still doing a home campaign with friends, but stopped playing PFS in public when the pandemic started. Before that, I bought the 2e Core Rulebook and played enough to get my first 2e PFS character up to level 4 or 5 (I forget now), but I was still doing 1e more than 2e, so never picked up any additional books or made a second PC.
I'm hoping to get back into PFS in the near future, especially since I just bought my first Gen Con badge since the pandemic started. I know most of the rules are on the Archives of Nethys home page. But in Society play, you have to own the books in order to use character options on your PC. So what would everyone consider the most important/best books to buy, given that most focus is on character building, not GMing?
And before you ask, no I don't know what type of character I want to make. I'm the type who looks through the rulebooks and finds options that make me want to create a character that uses that cool thing I just read about. But after decades of D&D/Pathfinder 1e, there was nothing that exciting and new in the 2e Core Rulebook, other than finally being able to make a goblin PC, which I think may be part of why I was slow to embrace the new version.
https://paizo.com/pathfindersociety/characteroptions
There's info about the book in this page.
The most important book is the CRB since very little released since is of much value as far as good options goes. You already have that though and importance of other books in this context is almost entirely build dependent (even outside of just wanting a class from one of those books).
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Welcome back, Fromper!
Man, it is good to see you here again. I am going to second the suggestion of the Pathfinder bundle. There are a lot of awesome books in there to get you started. In addition. I am going to suggest picking up the Advanced Player's Guide for 2e. It has tons of great options, and I consider it a must purchase.
If you want different Ancestries outside the CRB, you should also pick up the Lost Omens Character Guide and Lost Omens Ancestry Guide.
If you want to try Gunslingers or Inventors (a fun new class!), you'll need Guns and Gears.
If you like new and weird, I personally adore the new Thaumaturge class, which is from Dark Archive. It's a charisma based warrior class with lots of skills and lots of weird options.
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Thanks for the replies, everyone.
Yeah, I already knew about the Humble Bundle deal. Definitely going to get that. Sounds like the APG is probably a must buy, too. After that, I'll see what I think from there. Other recommendations would still be appreciated. Definitely need to check out those classes Hilary recommended to see if I'll feel the need to buy those books. :)
My big problem is that I don't have a ton of spare cash right now, and I also don't know exactly where and when I'll get to play. So I don't want to spend a lot on books that I'll never use. You'd think being in a major city, I'd have an easy time finding games, but it seems like the local scene still hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic. Combine that with my odd work schedule that makes it tough to do evening games most days of the week, and that's pretty much why I haven't been doing PFS for the past 3 years, just sticking to my one home campaign group in 1e.
But buying my Gen Con badge inspired me. Maybe if I buy some books, it'll inspire me some more, and I'll try harder to hunt down playing groups, too.
Fromper, you do Play-by-Post, don't you? Cottonseed Lodge is still going strong, and there is a PBP convention, Outpost VI happening soon. Come join us!
They will be seating players at tables starting February 10th.
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Fromper, you do Play-by-Post, don't you? Cottonseed Lodge is still going strong, and there is a PBP convention, Outpost VI happening soon. Come join us!
They will be seating players at tables starting February 10th.
I did a little PBP back in 1st edition, but it's been a long time since then. I may have to look into it.