In addition to the adventures written for Starfinder Society, some other Paizo adventures have been sanctioned (approved) for Organized Play credit. Since these adventures are published for a wider audience than the Starfinder Society campaign, there is typically a downloadable sanctioning document with Chronicles and any special considerations for Organized Play.
Modes of Play
The Starfinder Society rules of play are customized to work with Starfinder Scenarios and are not necessarily applicable to other sanctioned adventures. Adventures run using these customized rules are referred to as "Society Mode" in the rest of this document.
"Adventure Mode" is used for adventures not specifically designed for Organized Play. This mode allows the GM more freedom to adapt those adventures, including running the adventure in Starfinder using GM house rules and the ability to alter encounters and statistics found in the adventure.
If Paizo has released an official conversion of a sanctioned adventure to another game system, GMs and players can play these adventures using those rules and earn credit as if they had played it using Starfinder rules. Adventures that have not been converted by Paizo in this way must be played using standard Adventure Mode rules.
Character Types
Most Adventure Mode sanctioned products can be played with any character; some products include pregens, and players are encouraged to play those characters for an optimal experience.
Any adventure that can be played with an SFS character can also be played with an Iconic Pregen. When playing an adventure using an SFS character, the Chronicle must be assigned to that character. In that case, the One Adventure per Character rule applies.
A player can assign a Chronicle for a sanctioned adventure to a character that is "busy" taking part in a Scenario.
Sanctioning Documents
Each sanctioned adventure comes with a freely downloadable sanctioning document located on the product’s description page on paizo.com. This document contains the rules for running that adventure, as well as Chronicles awarded for completion.
Read the sanctioning document carefully, as it might modify the adventure's rewards. Specific information in a particular sanctioning document always takes precedence over the general information presented in this Guide.
Unlike Scenarios, Chronicles for other sanctioned adventures are assigned at the completion of the adventure. If a Chronicle for a sanctioned adventure is assigned to a character that is "busy" taking part in a Scenario, Chronicles are applied in order of start date. That is, apply the Chronicle from the adventure they are "busy" with first, followed by the Chronicle from the other sanctioned adventure.
A group can complete an adventure when it is not sanctioned. If it later becomes sanctioned, the GM is allowed and encouraged to issue Chronicles to all interested players. These Chronicles are applied as if the group had completed the adventure on the date the Chronicle is issued. Such Chronicles must have an accurate issue date (that is, they cannot be backdated) and cannot be applied such that they retroactively affect other Chronicles.