3.02 -> 3.03
5 May 2022
Community Standards and Expectations
Fixed out of date sentance implying that engaging in PvP awards infamy. Non-consensual PvP is never allowed.
Updated Campaign Leadership list
Added rules for free retraining / resale due to errata to Feats, Items, and Spells.
Player Basics
Updated rules regarding how access interacts with Rarity.
- Access to an option *never* changes it's rarity.
- Items appearing on a chronicle grants access to that item (not previously explicitly stated.)
- You can learn spells you have access to from tutors at the grand lodge, even if they are not common.
- Having access to a scroll does not grant access to spells on the scroll, but if you have the scroll in your possession you can learn spells off of it.
Character Creation
Added notation that players have access to Kobold and Leshy heritages.
Added ethnicity choice for other ancestries besides human.
Additional Adventures
Minor text clarifications
Clarified language regarding bounties and downtime.
Added reminders regarding Sanctioning Documents and their effects on rules for running adventures. (Sanctioning documents *always* override general rules.) This was added specifically in response to the beginners box, to clarify that the Beginner Box can *only* be run with characters built with beginner box rules.
Added permission (and encouragement) for retroactive credit for adventures that were played before they were sanctioned.
GM Rewards
Clarified language for GM chronicles.
Defined "Qualified Evaluator" for 5 glyph games and added the ability for RVCs to authorize additional Qualified Evaluators if needed.
3.01 -> 3.02
13 January 2022
Player Basics
Updated the Spells purchasing guideline per most recent FAQ
Character Creation
Modified language access for PCs
3.00 -> 3.01
Game Master Basics
Updated release schedule description
Level Bumps Apply to PC Companions.
Additional Adventures
Added: When playing an adventure using a PFS character, the chronicle *must* be assigned to that character.
Some early adventures have had their rewards revised to bring them better in line with other similar products.
GM Rewards
Clarified GM chronicle rewards.
2.00 -> 3.00
Main Page
- added Additional Character Options under Players
- added Additional Adventures under Game Masters
Welcome to Pathfinder Society
- Added link to OrgPlay Forums on Paizo
The World of Golarion
- Added Image of Wayfinder
Community Standards and Expectations
- No changes at this time
Player Basics
Major Changes
- Removed rules related to Schools, Advancement speed, and Epanded Downtime. These rules are now optional, and players can choose to engage with them or not engage with them. As such, they are no longer "Basic" rules, and have been moved to Additional Character Options. Characters with no school connection gain Pathfinder Society Lore as a Trained Lore, do not gain a bonus feat at 5th level, and recieve only the defaoult healing potion option for starting consumables. Characters who do not specify an advancement speed on sign in use standard advancement speed. Characters not using Expanded Downtime can chose to roll on the relevant table under Downtime and recieve that much gold. If they chose not to roll, they recieve nothing.
- Removed rules related to Factions. These rules are now optional, and players can choose to engage with them or not engage with them. As such, they are no longer "Basic" rules, All rules relating to Factions and reputation have been moved to the (renamed) Factions and Reputation Appendix (Was Reputation Boons.)
- Added spells to Purchasing Guidelines
- Added spellcasting services for Condition Removal to Purchasing Guidelines and added Spellcasting Serivces Cost Appendix.
Minor Changes
- Updated "Character Options" references to point to the Character Options Document instead of the blog
- Moved detailed rules for non society adventures to seperate Additional Adventures Appendix
- cleaned up language on Faction Scenario Tag and on not reporting replays for no credit (under Legal Table Size)
- Clarified the language on treasure bundles to make clear that 8 treasure bundles is the amount a scenario is expected to grant, the 9th and 10th treasure bundles are earned through luck or exceptional play.
- Cleaned up language on Permanent Negative effects.
Character Creation
- Updated "Character Options" references to point to the Character Options Document instead of the blog
- Restored Home Region rules that were accidentally dropped.
- Schools Training moved to Additional Character Options
Additional Character Options
- Page created for various optional character mechanics.
- Pathfinder Training
- Advancements Speed
- Factions and Reputation
- Downtime
Reputation Boons
- Renamed Factions and Reputation.
Game Master Basics
Major Changes
- Clarified Treasure bundle language to make it clear that 8 Treasure bundles is the expected reward for most scenarios with up to two additional treasure bundles that can be aquired through luck or exceptional play.
- Converted the treasure table chart to reduce the GM's need to do math.
Minor Changes
- Moved Downtimes to Additional Character Options
Additonal Adventures
- Page created to host rules for running Sanctioned Adventures
- Sanctioned Adventures
- Modes of Play
- Character Types
- Sanctioning Documents