4.21 -> 5.00 (May 5, 2022)
The Pact Worlds
Added Minor Factions for season 5: The Advocates, The Cognates, The Manifold Host.
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Fixed out of date sentance implying that engaging in PvP awards infamy.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
Player Basics
Clarified that you can buy items on a chronicle sheet even if they are not normally allowed in play.
Fixed link to mnemonic editor boon
4.2 -> 4.21 (March 1, 2022)
Players
Player Basics
- Include in main body of Guide existing rule (limit one companion) from current place in glossary (definition of "companion")
- Add text: 2- and 3-player tables receive the 4-player adjustments
- Add text: Bounties do not grant Downtime
Character Creation
- Add note: see FAQ for more information on races accessed with a boon that have since become always available
Player Rewards
- Add SF Bounties to typical AcP rewards table
Game Masters
Additional Adventures
- Add information on SF Bounties to Sanctioned Adventures
- Remove temporary section on revised rewards (for some adventures published before August 2021) since the affected sanctioning documents have all been updated
GM Rewards
- revise and extend GM Credit text, aligning with PFS2 Guide and clarifying
- Remove SFS #1-39 from 5-Nova Qualifying list (sunset date: March 1, 2022)
Glossary
- Add page navigation links
- Revise definition of "companion" (not limited to class features; does include purchased creatures)
4.03 -> 4.2 (February 1, 2022)
Getting Started
Welcome to Starfinder Society
- Minor revisions to character and pregen references for clarity and succinctness
Community Standards and Expectations
- Added rules for rebuilding PCs when changes are made to "class features for which there are multiple options (such as a biohacker's field of study)"
Players
Player Basics
- Restored and revised rules on default 2 chronicles per player (1 as a PC, 1 as a GM)
Factions and Reputation
- Extensive revisions due to the elimination of Fame / transition to AcP
- Year of the Scoured Stars boon now available with AcP (and re-added here)
- Clarify that Starfinder Body Recovery is for situations when your party cannot feasibly recover your body themselves
Retired Rewards
- Remove Year of the Scoured Stars boon; reactivate and restore to Factions and Reputation
- Add Fame boons not converted to AcP boons
- Add Alien Archive Admittance boon
Game Masters
GM Rewards
- Listed Nova-qualifying scenarios, including SFS #1-39 sunset as of March 1, 2022.
Starships
- Restored Tier 6 Drake Port coilgun.
Glossary
- Added Character, Evergreen, and NPC definitions
- Revised Fame, PC, and Sanctioned Adventure definitions
4.02 -> 4.03 (Nov 11, 2021)
Pact Worlds
- Added note regarding additional information for each faction.
Player Basics
- Added Note regarding Updated Adventure Rewards for early adventures.
Player Rewards
- Updated to reflect transition to ACP
Factions and Reputation
- Updated "End of Fame" link in first paragraph to point to most recent announcement.
Additional Adventures
- Added Note that Chronicles for Adventure Mode adventures are assigned at the end of an adventure
- Added revised adventure reward section to bring early adventures up to similar rewards as later adventures.
Starships
- Fixed some weapon entries on the Pegasus that referenced a weapon that did not exist
4.01 -> 4.02 (Aug 3rd, 2021)
Main Page
- fixed copy -paste error.
The Pact Worlds
- Degendered text
Recent History
- Minor gramatical edits
Player Basics
- Degendered text
- Added references to AcP
- removed a reference to "gold"
- Added instructions for downloading chronicle boons
Character Creation
- Minor gramatical edits
- Degendered text
Playtest Rules
- Added Evolutionist playtest.
- Updated playtest rules to re-insert the requirement that playtest characters must be single-classed.
- Updated the expected date for Galactic Magic.
Player Rewards
- Degendered text
Factions and Reputation
- Degendered text
- Added AcP costs
- Clarified replay boons.
Game Master Basics
- Updated "Where to buy" to include new product lines.
- Cleaned up grammar and generally clarified "Filling out Chronicle Sheets"
Additional Adventures
- Added: When playing an adventure using a SFS character, the chronicle *must* be assigned to that character.
- Added Beginner Box
GM Rewards
- Degendered text
- Added limitation that a given special can not account for more than three of the 10 specials needed to qualify for 5 novas
Table Variation and Creative Solutions
- Degendered text
- Added AcP references
Dealing with the Unexpected
- Degendered text
Starships
- Fixed minor errors on Azata.
- Incorporated Azata into the Starship overview section.
4.00 -> 4.01 (July 1st, 2021)
Full Guide
- Fixed spelling error.
Starships
- Added Azata Tiers 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
- Added ranges to starship weapons
Changelog
- Added missing change in changelog 3.00 -> 4.00
The maximum table size has been reduced to 6. (Tables of 7 players are no longer legal. )
3.00 -> 4.00
Getting Started
- No Rules Changes
Player Basics
Major Changes
- Players are responsible for Downtimes
- Pregen / GM Downtimes use the skills of the character applied to.
- Purchased condition removal automatically succeeds
- The maximum table size has been reduced to 6. (Tables of 7 players are no longer legal. )
Minor Changes
- Negtive Condition removal clarified and consolidated.
- Applying/transferring weapon fusions text added (free at HQ)
Character Creation
Minor Changes
- Characters can pick (Named?) worlds from the Veskarium / Near Space
Rewards
Minor Changes
- Added "Boons which unlock over time" section for boons with checkboxes. Two options drafted.
Reputation Boons
Minor Changes
- Hireling text along the lines of PFS text, re: Hirelings can only perform recall knowledge checks in combat, nothing else.
Retired Player Rewards
Minor Changes
- Season Boons are Cumulative boons, not capstone boons.
Game Master Basics
- No Rules Changes
Game Master Rewards
Minor Changes
- GMs may not chose mutually exclusive rewards on chronicles.
Additonal Adventures
- Page created to host rules for running Sanctioned Adventures
- Sanctioned Adventures
- Modes of Play
- Character Types
- Sanctioning Documents