Pathfinder Society 2e Guide

Greetings, Pathfinder!

Welcome to the Guide to Organized Play: Pathfinder Society (Second Edition)!

The Guide is the home for campaign rules specific to the Pathfinder Society (PFS) organized play campaign. The Guide is available in the form of this website or as a single page. To print or get a PDF of the Guide, follow the link.

The Guide has been reorganized into the same organizational structure as the Starfinder Society Guide. Both Guides now have the following sections:

• Core Guide: the rules everyone needs for PFS Organized Play
• Player Options and Tools: additional rules players can choose to use
• GM Options and Tools: additional rules GMs can choose to use
• Supplemental Materials: reference materials, including lists of current and retired Boons

Resources

• Remaster rules for Pathfinder Society (2e) play

• Pregenerated Characters

• Character Options allowed for Pathfinder Society (2e) play

• FAQ / Errata updates and revisions to Pathfinder (2e) rulebooks
  • includes Remaster updates to PF2 Legacy (pre-Remaster) books

• Organized Play regions
  • contact a Regional Venture-Coordinator (RVC) for help finding games and more

Quick Links

• Single-page Guide
• Print or get a PDF

• PFS character creation
• Supplemental Materials (boons, backgrounds, retired options, etc.)

• Pathfinder Provisions (pre-adventure consumables)
• Completing Chronicles (for GMs post-adventure)

Recent Changes

full change log

• 6 November 2024 — v6.02
  • Introduction > Remaster Rules: non-Remastered PCs can use chromatic / metallic dragon options; non-Remastered Sorcerers with Legacy bloodlines can take Remastered versions of granted spells

• Core Guide > Pathfinder Society Characters
  • Updated always available ancestries/versatile heritages for Player Core 2
  • PCs have Access to all common and uncommon languages without restriction
  • PCs understand Pathfinder Hand Signs (formerly Napsu-Sign)
  • PCs can buy replacements for consumables borrowed & used up

• Core Guide > Playing an Adventure
  • Daily preparations can be changed after the briefing
  • Replaced "Run As Written" with "Run Prudently"
  • Spells cast into items persist between adventures

• Core Guide > Being a Game Master: Extensive revisions to "Permitted Table Adjustments"

• Player Options and Tools > Characters With Disabilities
  • Hearing-impaired but not deaf PCs: gain free Sign Language can take Read Lips
  • Non-speaking PCs: cast spells & use magic items without issue; gain free Sign Language can take Read Lips

• 10 September 2024 — v6.01
  • Added reference & link to new PFS adventure errata forum in the following places: Introduction; GM: Preparing & GM: Running; Supplemental Materials
  • Remaster Rules: Corrected crystal dragon entry
  • Core Guide > Playing an Adventure > After the Adventure: Added Series 2 Quests to pre-calculated Earn Income table
  • Supplemental Materials > AcP Boon List: Updated World Traveler text per blog post

Campaign Rules Outside the Guide

• Pathfinder rules online - Free and officially licensed
• Pathfinder Society Character Options - What options from each book you can use & which books you need to own to use them

• Pathfinder FAQ & Errata - Clarifications and changes to published books
• Pathfinder Society Errata - Clarifications and changes to Pathfinder Society Scenarios
• Pathfinder Society FAQ - Clarifications and rulings for the Pathfinder Society campaign

• Paizo Organized Play policies - Community standards, event & retail support, playtesting
• Paizo Organized Play Accessory Perks & Promotional Boons - Small bonuses for related merch

See you on the Open Road! Explore, Report, Cooperate!

Current Version: 6.02
6 November 2024

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