Purchasing generic equipment from Adventure Path

[PMSchulz]

I am looking for a new melee weapon for an operative and stumbled on the Spectra Blade. It's from Starfinder #49: A Light in the Dark. Does it follow the "character option" rules, where I have to have the Chronicle from the adventure to purchase it, or, since it is generic equipment, it is available for my level (7)? Do I have to own the physical product in order to use it otherwise? According to AON (Which is the official SRD) it is SFS Legal with no restrictions on it. I can't buy it now, I need new armor, but it will be the next purchase I make.

[Hilary Moon Murphy]

Hello!

I always like to double check these things by perusing the Character Options Page for Starfinder Society.

Is the Spectra Blade Society Legal?

Here's what the section for AP #49 says:

Character Options wrote:

The Drift Hackers Adventure Path is sanctioned for use in the Starfinder Society campaign. Download the Adventure Path rules and Chronicle sheets — (5.2 MB PDF)

All options from this Adventure Path are legal for play, with the following exceptions and clarifications:

Species from these books are only available with a boon permitting their use.

Starfinder Adventure Path #49: A Light in the Dark

Items
The nanite tempograft (page 53) is activated as a free action.
The code grenades (page 42) information table was omitted; it is published below
Grenades / Level / Price / Range / Capacity / Bulk / Special
Code grenade I / 6 / 675 / 20 ft. / Drawn / L / Explode (2d6 E, special 1 round, 15 ft.)
Code grenade II / 10 / 2,800 / 20 ft. / Drawn / L / Explode (6d6 E, special 1d4 rounds, 15 ft.)
Code grenade III / 16 / 26,000 / 20 ft. / Drawn / L / Explode (12d6 E, special 1d4+1 rounds, 15 ft.)

The following item is not legal for play:
Soft-light holoframe (page 53): item requires significant revisions for use in the campaign

Species
The prismenis’ Drift Hop ability is limited to spaces within the character’s line of sight.

As the Spectra Blade is not listed, it is in fact society-legal.

Do you need to own Adventure Paths to use items from APs?

Let's look at the Character Options page again for the answer to this!

Character Options wrote:

Ownership of Adventures or Adventure Path volumes is not required to use Character Options originally published in Adventures or Adventure Paths in the Starfinder Society campaign, as long as rules are referenced from the official Starfinder Resource Document (sfrd). A player must still have a chronicle sheet from a Scenario to use any options in that Scenario.

If it is from an Adventure Path, you don't need to own it, so long as it is on Archives of Nethys, and sanctioned for play.

Hmm