Organized Play Rules Question

[YoskiFan]

So was told like in 2015 that the very cool pregen I was playing wasn't allowed to be used as my actual 'character' and wasn't eligible for any rewards and I could only use it this once because I didn't have my own char. Um that true that pregens aren't allowed to level up or keep gear?

[Pirate Rob]

YoskiFan wrote:

So was told like in 2015 that the very cool pregen I was playing wasn't allowed to be used as my actual 'character' and wasn't eligible for any rewards and I could only use it this once because I didn't have my own char. Um that true that pregens aren't allowed to level up or keep gear?

There's very little stopping you from building a virtually identical character in most cases and using that.

[Super Zero]

Well no, but there's no reason your character can't be a copy of them if you really want.

Except the Oracle, which would have required an ancestry boon. But I think they're free now, anyway?

[Davor Firetusk]

You don't get the rewards only in the sense that if you are playing a pregen they only have what is listed on the sheet. You still get all the rewards for the adventure towards whatever character you eventually build. And if you want you can play that pregen (or any other) until you earn enough XP to be level 2.

[Driftbourne]

You can copy the character mechanics in most cases, assuming they are available to you, but the names and background stories of the pregens are part of Paizo's Product Identity.

[Davor Firetusk]

Well sort of on the names, my first PFS character was Lem Wayluck because those were listed as common hafling names in the Core rulebook. I had no idea when I made him that was in fact the name of the iconic bard. And yes as it so happened I made a bard as well. It became a good running gag about the Other Lem.

[Arutema]

We have 'Dae, the other one' in my Starfinder group. Downside of listing iconic's names as common for their ancestries.

[Driftbourne]

YoskiFan wrote:

So was told like in 2015 that the very cool pregen I was playing wasn't allowed to be used as my actual 'character' and wasn't eligible for any rewards and I could only use it this once because I didn't have my own char. Um that true that pregens aren't allowed to level up or keep gear?

The part in bold is because to get the rewards from playing a pregen, you still need to have an Organized Play account, and your own character registered on the Paizo site to apply it to. The GM can't report your character to the Paizo website without it. The GM also needs your account and character numbers to fill out a chronicle sheet to give you at the game.

From this web site You need to go to: My Account > Organized Play > At the bottom of the Summary tab > Chose what edtion of which game you are making a character for.

If the GM gave you an account number, use that, or one will be given to you when you make your Organized Play account. That's your main account number, then, in addition to that, every character you make has its own character number. For PF2e, character numbers always start at 2001; for SF2e, they start with 2701. Second characters are either 2002, or 2702, and so on.

Playing a pregen can help level up your own character, but you never get to level up a pregen yourself. Each pregen has a 1st, 3rd, and 5th level version of it. SF2e also has a 7th-level version. So if you need a pregen for a high-level scenario, you just use the appropriate level pregen for it.

Getting gear from a scenario is done through the chronicle sheet you get for playing in that scenario. Chronicle sheets are assigned to your characters, even when playing a pregen, and never to the pregen. Note, you still have to pay to get the gear from a chronical sheet if you want to use it. Also, you may find and use other gear during a scenario, but if it's not on the chronicle, you lose it at the end of the scenario. The other way to get gear is for your character to buy it.

Information on how Organized Play works is on the lorespire.