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For questions about Starfinder, Paizo's Pathfinder-like soft sci-fi game. While officially cross-compatible with Pathfinder material, Starfinder is intended to stand as its own system.
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Generating battle maps for printing
I would like to acquire or generate flip-maps for StarFinder, preferably with the grid already incorporated. I'm not trying to generate whole dungeons, just battle maps for scenarios.
Does someone ...
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Is the pregen character Obozaya encumbered at level 1?
I am filling official character sheets with Paizo's pregens based on the Beginner Box (but with the core ruleset).
And according to my calculations, Obozaya (Vesk Soldier 1, Mercenary), should be ...
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One of PCs backstabbed a powerful ally. How do I punish them without seeming like singling them out?
Followup to this question.
So, I'm running a Starfinder game, and we are 50 sessions into this campaign.
The campaign involves the fate of a small but strategically important settlement, which several ...
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Alternative source for Pathfinder (or Starfinder) Society School items
If you play in Pathfinder Society, you can pick a School (Spells, Scrolls, etc). These give you a free item for each Society game, and a skill feat on level 5 among other things.
Up until a few day ...
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How do I keep a party together when they have conflicting goals?
I'm running a Starfinder game, and we are 40 sessions into this campaign.
The campaign involves the fate of a small but strategically important settlement, which several factions are vying for control ...
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How does one balance massive resources in large battles/scenes to the party?
This is mainly for Starfinder. My players are L4.
So, my players have set up a successful political party on the moon of Europa, which is currently in revolt against the Soviet Union. One of the PCs ...
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How do I adjust an already easy adventure for a party made of healers and tanks?
I am planning for a campaign I'll start soon, the advice sought here is not system specific but the system is Starfinder and the adventure is the Adeventure Path Drift Crashers.
My party is made out ...
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In Starfinder if I'm playing a Species with a vulnerability to an element what happens if I take a feat to overcome it?
If a player's species starts with a vulnerability to an elemental damage, or light blindness.
What happens if the character is able to overcome that detriment.
Do they "return the ability bought&...
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Would it be balanced to use the Starfinder system for races with more than 2 arms in Pathfinder 1e?
In Starfinder creatures with more than 2 arms have a feature where they can hold more items but not take extra actions with those arms. Would it be balanced if a race in Pathfinder 1e had this feature?...
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Is a starship locked in geosynchronous orbit considered "stationary" for the purpose of teleportation between ships?
Teleportation rules in Starfinder are sketchy. In combat, two ships are not moving relative to one another and Teleportation is impossible. However, if ships are stationary and not in combat, ...
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Do humans start off with 1/3rd the languages of Other Races?
A character begins play speaking and reading Common, her racial tongue
(if any), and the language of her home planet (if any).
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Racial language: the human racial language is Common
Language of ...
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How do I know if my ship has a recharging station?
"At the GM’s discretion, some larger starships might have onboard
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Starfinder: Soldier: Qi Adept Plasma Blasts Multiple Attacks?
With regard to the Soldier/Fighting Style:Qi Adept/Plasma Blast, these characters get a ranged attack (30ft) with 1.5xlevel bonus (specialization).
My question is,
How many of these blasts do they get ...
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How can you improve your skill checks in Starfinder?
I am currently in the campaign with two other players. Our party consists of an Operative, a Soldier, and a Solarian. Due to the way skill points are distributed in this game, the Operative is ...
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Does Starfinder cap ability scores or ability score modifier?
My group has recently started a weekly game of Starfinder, a system we don't have any prior experience in. During a level-up in the last session, we found the following inconsistency or at least ...
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