Starfinder Society Games

[Talen]

I'm assuming the protocol has yet to be worked out about where to post regarding Starfinder Society games, but thought some of you might be interested given kick-off is less than a month away. I've been playing with the existing tools (Pathfinder ruleset, Damned's Space Opera Theme, Mask of Winter decal extension and Ken L's Creature Gen extension) to see how the game might work given what is currently known. Importing of the First Contact creatures using the creature gen extension worked surprisingly well with a little tweaking (changing stat blocks to the traditional ability scores to arrive at the bonus, making the hp and AC blocks to look like a pathfinder stat block, etc). While not the fastest - it did work. Below is what I've put together so far.

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[gagsmith]

Very cool!

[Wookiee420]

the problem is Vehicles, there is no PF vehicle support yet and the rules for vehicles are complicated to program (i have been looking into this) as of writing this i do not think anyone has taken up the task of making these work yet :( how do you work vehicle combat in the current iteration of the PF ruleset?

[Talen]

I don't think we know enough about vehicles yet (at least I don't) to venture a guess. My assumption is that there will necessarily be quite a bit a manual tracking and rolling of dice unless and until a rule set arrives. In the interim, this wont be perfect, but I definitely think its more than workable.

[Wookiee420]

I'm at work so I cannot find the link, however if you Google "dawnforge cast" and go to their youtube to a video about starfinder ship combat there is a link to the rules for ship combat..its pretty official..they have had many interviews and stuff with the creators

[Wookiee420]

check out page 43 and beyond for ship battle rules...i found the link
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xIdRnyjYglnAOIzn38j4LYqwKfSalfs8pN5zJRJRYUI/edit#

[Talen]

Nice. Thanks for that Wookiee.

[Ken L]

I might make a version of cgen for Starfinder, but currently I have no plans to run Starfinder at all. There's a minor blip, the CR should be on the same line as the name hence why it comes out wrong. Looks great, though I do believe that FG will release an official Starfinder theme at some point with their CRB.

[Talen]

I was hoping you might do a Starfinder cgen release! Even with official support, the cgen is a godsend when preparing Pathfinder (and now Starfinder) society games which even with pathfinder, dont have official support.

[Blackfoot]

Is this actually out yet?

[Ken L]

I was hoping you might do a Starfinder cgen release...

Hate to get your hopes up, but It's a bit of a low probability as I tend to write extensions for systems I run. I already run a SR5E/Coriolis/Traveller hybrid game so that kinda fulfills my sci-fi niche. There's also the unknown if there will be an OGL ruleset for Starfinder but even if there was, the probability is pretty low. Either way CGen is open source and the logic is pretty easy if not rudimentary to follow so someone could fork it easily.

Given that Starfinder is in the process of being released, and Paizo is working with FG, there's a good chance everything you'll need will be purchasable as opposed to all the fluff and various books for PF which will probably never grace the store page.

[Talen]

Is this actually out yet?

nope- gen con release date. just seeing what can be cobbled together in advance since there wont be an official FG release at launch.
And Ken L. - understood but still hopeful for one day.

[Full Bleed]

There's also the unknown if there will be an OGL ruleset for Starfinder...
This is not unknown.

Starfinder will follow the OGL. *And* it will have an online reference document like Pathfinder.

https://paizo.com/paizo/blog/v5748dyo5lji0?Starfinder-Preorders-and-Compatibility#42

Compatibility License. (https://paizo.com/starfinder/compatibility)

[Ken L]

It's unknown if there will be a ruleset for FG or if it'll be only be for the official paid release.

[JWMK]

Official launch is at GenCon.

[Talyn]

It's unknown if there will be a ruleset for FG or if it'll be only be for the official paid release.

That is also not unknown. SmiteWorks obtained a license for Starfinder at the same time as Pathfinder. The catch is it has no ruleset developer yet so it's going to be awhile before we see anything in the store for Starfinder. Until then, I expect the community will simply "make do" using the PFRPG ruleset and manual die rolls, etc.

[Philthy]

If you're curious about ship combat and such a playthrough demo of nothing but ship stuff was posted on YouTube back in May. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CHblfcG56Y It's all hex based rather than grid based. Seems pretty simple-ish to be honest, which is fine.

[goodmanje]

Well, I pre-ordered the Core Rule book so maybe by the time I'm finished reading the 500+ pages the FG ruleset will be out. lol

[Talen]

Registration for Starfinder Society PC's is now open on the Paizo website.

[goodmanje]

So far I'm loving what I've read of the Starfinder Core Rules. FG needs to get some folks assigned to the conversion ASAP!! It will be a beautiful thing.

[Trenloe]

In the meantime, you can use the PFRPG to do a lot of the character based stuff: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forums/showthread.php?39638-Using-the-PFRPG-ruleset-to-Play-Starfinder