
Since this is our first character, we’ll stick with everything starting at ten. Backgrounds and ancestries have built-in boosts and flaws but some GMs may also allow players to take additional voluntary flaws to gain a boost somewhere. Choices in character creation give a character boosts, which are bonuses to an ability and flaws, which are negatives to the ability.

The character art on the back of the core book looks fun, so we decide to create a Goblin Alchemist.Įvery one of the six classic abilities scores starts out at 10. Plugging an ancestry and a class together is a good way to start a concept. There are six ancestries (like human, elf, and so on) and twelve classes to choose from. The core book lays out many of the available options in a two-page spread in this section of the book. We’re going to start with a popular character archetype and then customize it to make it one of a kind. Pathfinder Second Edition streamlines this process but there are still many excellent options in the core book to make a character different even if it shares traits with other ones. Characters are built through classes, feats and other options that make each character unique to the player.

One of the big strengths of Pathfinder is the customization. Watch Knights of Everflame every Tuesday! Game Master Jason Bulmahn leads a group of five strangers (Gina DeVivo, Jeremy Steven Walker, Aki, Erika Fermina, and Rachel Seeley) who board a caravan heading to Lastwall, an ancient kingdom watching over the grave of a long-dead menace.
