It seems like every week there’s somebody new in the Starfinder Facebook group that just bought the Core Rule Book and wants to know what to do next. .

Step One: What are our assets? You have the rules for making and equipping characters, running fights, some sample ships, vehicles and lore but no real Aliens or Monsters.

Step Two: What more can I get? Go to Paizo’s website and look for the following FREE supplements

• Starfinder First Contact is a Free RPG Day supplement with 13 Monsters and NPCs
• Starfinder Society Into the Unknown is a short adventure with several encounters in character and starship combat
• Starfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide contains lore about the Starfinder setting
• Starfinder Skitter Shot a Free RPG Day adventure
• Starfinder Free RPG Day adventures and supplements page has 11 products including the two listed above
• Community Use Package: Starfinder Society Pregenerated Characters 7 base classes at levels 1, 4 and 8
• Starfinder FAQ  

Free Third-Party supplements

• Gamer Printshop’s Rude Awakening One-Shot adventure
• Wayfinder #19 Starfinder content in a free community Fanzine
• Wayfinder #20 Starfinder content in a free community Fanzine

Some articles for Pathfinder players to help you get used to Starfinder

• 15 Key Differences Between ‘Starfinder’ and ‘Pathfinder’ RPGs
• 7 Important Ways That Starfinder Differs From Pathfinder

Step Three: What other resources are there?

The Alien Archive has rules for making NPCs and Aliens as well a lot of creatures.

The Armory has a lot of Weapons that fill in the item-level gaps in the weapons from the Core Rules. It also contains Armor and other equipment.

The Archives of Nethys has a Starfinder System Resource Document which contains Open Game Content.

Learn more about the Starfinder Roleplaying Game at paizo.com.

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Paul

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