🔹 What is Pathfinder?

Pathfinder is a fantasy roleplaying game from Paizo, based on the mechanics of Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition. It offers rich character customization, immersive storytelling, and tactical combat. Pathfinder now runs on its streamlined second edition, designed for faster gameplay and easier collaboration.

🔹 What is Starfinder?

Starfinder is Pathfinder’s science-fantasy sibling; a tabletop RPG set in a futuristic universe that blends starships, alien worlds, and futuristic tech with the storytelling depth of traditional tabletop adventures. With the launch of Starfinder 2nd Edition, it now uses the same core rules as Pathfinder 2nd Edition — you only need to learn one system to play both games.

🔹 What is the Pathfinder Society?

The Pathfinder Society is an in-world guild of adventurers based in the Pathfinder universe, and also the name of Paizo's global Organized Play program for Pathfinder and Starfinder. Players take on the role of Pathfinder Agents and embark on missions issued by the Society, working together to shape a living campaign that spans continents and seasons. Choices, successes, and failures can all influence the greater story that is revealed.

🔹 What is Organized Play?

Organized Play is a structured way to play tabletop roleplaying games with standardized rules and shared story arcs. Players create characters that can be used across multiple games and locations, earning experience, reputation, and rewards along the way.

🔹 How is Organized Play different from a home game?

In home games, the story and rules are customized by the Game Master for a fixed group of players. In Organized Play, adventures follow standardized scenarios designed for portability, balanced rewards, and compatibility across multiple game tables. You can bring your character to a local game store, a convention, or another lodge in a different continent and they'll fit right in.

To learn more about organized play for each game system:
Pathfinder 2 | Starfinder 2 | Pathfinder 1 | Starfinder 1 | PF Adventure Card Game

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