Many PFS Announcements

There were several significant PFS announcements made today on the Know Direction Pathfinder Podcast 61: PFS Special - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmKTE6XGxyc&feature=c4-feed-u

Here are my notes.

Adventure Paths

They will keep releasing chronicles with current APs if appropriate and working backward chronologically with older APs. Sounds like they are only looking at one done under Pathfinder rules. For example, Wrath of the Righteous may not work for PFS because of the new Heroic rules.

Pathfinder Tales

New chronicles with multiple (four) novel single use boons on a single sheet. Opportunity to earn a permanent effect. Changing to one chronicle per player but it can be share among characters. The permanent effect will have to be assigned to a single character.

Wealth

Lower level characters playing up gets wealth of lower sub-tier. Higher level characters playing down gets the wealth of lower sub-tier. Characters between sub-tiers will get the wealth for the sub-tier that they actually play.

Factions

Lantern Lodge ends with Way of the Kirin scenario. LL characters that play it will receive a Thank you boon.

Shadow Lodge end with Rivalry’s End scenario. SL characters that play it will receive a Thank you boon.

Characters in those factions can switch to one of the remaining factions at no penalty. Can no longer play those factions starting with Season 5 (Gen Con 2013). Impacted characters keep faction traits and prestige awards.

More factions could be on the bubble for Season 5. No faction is safe.

Season 5 will not have traditional faction missions. Overall faction goal will need to be completed to earn extra stuff/boons. Certain scenarios will be keyed toward certain factions. Prestige points will be earned for completing the main mission and for a secondary mission.

Older season faction missions will no longer be required. May be publishing a reference for main mission and secondary mission for all previous Season 0-4 scenarios.

First Steps Scenarios

First Steps Scenarios will be retired Gen Con 2013.

Pathfinder Society Quests

Still on hold. Kobold Quarterly is no longer going to be published. Need more time to figure out how to handle.