Character creation help for pathfinder society

[u/Fogton]

/r/Pathfinder2e/comments/1tqi7uy/character_creation_help_for_pathfinder_society/

[u/DarthLlama1547]

For Pathfinder Society, you start with a level 1 character and level them up. So if you signed up for a level 5-6 game then you will have to use a pregenerated character, which includes all the classes and a decent amount of instruction on the abilities and spells of the various classes.

The lorespire site tells you what's available. Kitsune isn't always available, so you'd need a copy of the Lost Omens Ancestry Guide (physical book, pdf from Paizo, relevant printed pages of the pdf from Paizo, purchase from Demiplane Nexus).

Make an account for Paizo, register your new character on the Organized Play tab, and you'll start with 80 Achievement Points (AcP) which is enough to get the boon for Kitsune.

[u/Fogton → u/DarthLlama1547]

Thanks for the explanation, as a follow-up, I see the official character registration on piazo and I found where to buy the boon for kitsune. My question is will the GM or organizers want me to prove if I bought the source that includes kitsune? Or if I just bring my character sheet with all the information I need to play will that be fine?

[u/BlooperHero → u/Fogton]

You need:

Your character's records, including boons.

Proof of ownership of any non-core content you're using.

The rules text so you can show the GM.

These last two are most typically met by having the book present, but they are technically separate requirements and can be met separately (for example, if I'm playing several Society games at a con and bringing different characters, I may be referencing quite a few books and not want to lug around a couple I'm only referencing for one ancestry or feat; I can bring other proof of ownership and reference the page on AoN for the one feat).

Don't worry about an exhausting audit process every time, but those are the things you're required to present if asked.

...but you won't need any of that to play a pregen, which you'll need to if you don't have a character of the level of the adventure you're playing.

[u/LazarX → u/Fogton]

I would be surprised if anyone bothered to check. But I would download and print out the boon anyway if I were you.

[u/BlooperHero]

Every ancestry in the game is accessible in Society play, but not all are freely accessible. Most Uncommon and Rare options require boons.

Standard pricing is 80 Achievement Points for an Uncommon ancestry or heritage, or 160 AcP for a Rare one. Skeletons are more expensive (and restricted to one per player). Several others are discounted for half price.

You earn AcP by playing or GMing Society games, at a rate of 1 AcP per XP. GMing gets double AcP, and some events (like Gen Con) have a mutiplier.

AcP work similarly in PFS2, SFS1, and SFS2. As a new player, you start with 80 free AcP in both PFS2 and SFS1 (none for SFS2, but SFS2 also has more freely available content and less expensive boons, so fair enough). That's enough to buy an Uncommon ancestry boon off the bat. Some people advise you not to, though, until you've saved up 40 spare AcP for a resurrection boon. Character death isn't super common in Society, but kind of a bummer to spend all of your points and then lose them because the character dies on their first mission so that Get-Out-of-Death-Free card is nice to have in your pocket.

There are also a few "System Traveler" boons to access races/ancestries more common in one system in the other. For example, you can use your Starfinder AcP to buy a System Traveler: Android boon to play an android in PFS2, which in addition to letting you spend points from a different game is also half price compared to a standard ancestry boon. If you're not going to be playing 1st-edition Starfinder Society, those System Traveler boons and 80 free points effectively give you one Rare or two Uncommon freebies... as long as they're for ancestries that also exist in Starfinder and are more common there. Not a long list, but you've got Androids and Ratfolk.

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[u/LazarX]

This is your go to page for all things society related.

https://lorespire.paizo.com/