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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
- 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
- PFS character creation
- Supplemental Materials (boons, backgrounds, retired options, etc.)
- Pathfinder Provisions (pre-adventure consumables)
- Completing Chronicles (for GMs post-adventure)
Recent Changes
7.00 -> 7.01 - 6 October 2025
- Core Guide -> Special Cases: Added reference and link to VO Handbook
6.04 -> 7.00 - 5 October 2025
- Core Guide -> Pathfinder Society Characters
- Resources and Access: Replaced reference to "Paizo-published" materials with reference to materials "approved for Pathfinder Society play"
- Character Creation Guidelines: Added jotunborn & stryx to always available ancestries (with source ownership)
6.03 -> 6.04 - 28 February 2025
- Player Options and Tools -> Spellcasting Service Costs
- Corrected prices
- Added explanation of calculations
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: 7.01
6 October 2025