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Pathfinder Remaster

The Guide to Organized Play will continue to be revised as we work to bring campaign rules in line with the Remaster.

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About Adventures

There are two types of adventures written for the Pathfinder Society campaign:

  • Pathfinder Society Scenarios: 4–5 hour adventures, each a single episode in a continuing story.
  • Pathfinder Quests: shorter adventures often used as introductions to the game.
    • Quests #1-13 (Series 1) run about 1 hour
    • Quests #14 and up (Series 2) run about 2 hours

Rules for additional types of adventures can be found in GM Options: Additional Adventures.

Level Ranges

In a typical home game, the PCs are all the same level and face challenges tailored to their level. In Organized Play, more flexibility is necessary so characters of different levels can participate smoothly in the same adventure. Each adventure lists the character levels that are eligible to play it, as well one or more level ranges within the adventure.

If an adventure has more than 2 level ranges, each table must choose 2 adjacent level ranges for that adventure. Only characters whose level falls within those two level ranges can play at that table. This rule is primarily applicable to multi-table interactive special Scenarios.

GMs adjust the adventure for the character levels at the table before play begins using the rules for Challenge Points.

Scenario Tags

Pathfinder Society adventures use a set of tags (labels) to highlight properties of the adventure as follows:

  • Exclusive: Scenarios with this tag have running requirements outside the standard one table environment. Scenarios with this tag include specific rules on who is eligible to run it and where and how it can be run.
  • Faction: Scenarios with this tag address the listed Faction's goals and often grant additional reputation with that Faction.
  • Glyph: Scenarios with this tag contribute to the GM fifth Glyph requirements.
  • Metaplot: Scenarios with this tag are directly connected to the season’s ongoing storyline.
  • Repeatable: Players and GMs can receive credit for Scenarios with this tag an unlimited number of times, though characters can still only receive credit once for a given Scenario.

Pathfinder Society adventures are written for four to six PCs.

Maximum Table: Tables cannot have seven or more players.

Minimum Table: A GM can run a table with two or three players in some situations. In those cases, all four-player adjustments written into the adventure still apply. See Table Size Scaling for details.

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