Paizo will publish a new edition of their sci-fi RPG Starfinder.
Starfinder 2e will accompany Pathfinder Remastered and be fully compatible with the not-Pathfinder 3e updated edition of Pathfinder 2e.
In a statement, Pazio said;
This new edition of Starfinder is being designed to be fully compatible with the upcoming release of the Pathfinder Remastered rulebooks and all future Pathfinder Second Edition products. This means that all your Pathfinder content going forward will be compatible with the new edition of Starfinder, and that all Starfinder Second Edition content will work in Pathfinder—with your GM’s permission, of course!
Revealed at Gen Con 2023, Paizo says that playtesting for Starfinder 2e will begin in the Summer of 2024. Why announce the news so early? It’s all in the interests of transparency and openness.
The Starfinder Field Test is live today, and groups can download the PDF immediately.
Each Field Test is a snippet of the ongoing design work from the Starfinder team and is intended to show what we’re working on and some of the directions we’re exploring. Our first document focuses on the first five levels of one of our new base classes: the soldier. Along with this, we’ve included some rules for futuristic weaponry and a couple creatures for you to toss into your games.
Paizo has also revealed the first four classes from their sci-fi tabletop hit; the envoy, the solarian, the mystic and the solider.
The mystic is a spellcasting class focusing on divine and primal traditions. They have the unique ability to form a bond with their closest allies, which can be used to impart a variety of bonuses and heal them.
The mystic was once represented by Keskodai, the iconic shirren, but a new iconic has taken on the role. Chk Chk grew up in his father’s larval container, witnessing all manner of traumatising adventures in his childhood. Now an adult, Chk Chk has become a devout worshipper of the amalgamate deity, Zon-Shelyn, and believes in channelling suffering into artistic expression.
Soldiers are frontline warriors specialising in taking hits and unloading with area-of-effect weapons. With different fighting styles, soldiers can focus on other areas of importance, such as defence, ranged offence, or even a bit of melee effectiveness.
The iconic vesk soldier, Obozaya, returns in all her glory. While she hasn’t turned over her doshko blades yet, age and battle scars have forced Obo to turn her attention to heavy weapons and contribute to the fight in a new way.
The Starfinder team include Thurston Hillman (Managing Creative Director of Starfinder), Jenny Jarzabski (Senior Developer), Dustin Knight (Developer) and Jessica Catalan (Starfinder Society Developer).
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