Starfinder Roleplaying Game

Pathfinder Legacy

Starfinder Core Rulebook, page 498

PATHFINDER

LEGACY

LEGACY CONVERSION

The universe of Starfinder takes place in a time far removed from that of Golarion and the Pathfinder RPG setting, but that doesn’t mean you have to leave all of those Pathfinder RPG books behind. In many cases, Pathfinder RPG rules content can be used in a Starfinder Roleplaying Game campaign with a few tweaks, but some abilities and class features require more effort. The following pages present details on how to convert Pathfinder RPG monsters to Starfinder rules, guidelines on how legacy classes can fit in Starfinder, and the specifics of playing Golarion’s core races in Starfinder.

eep in mind that these conversions sometimes require a fair amount of work and won’t always result in perfect pieces of rules text. As such, most of this chapter is directed at Game Masters, who should be very careful about which conversions they allow in their games. The full conversion of all of the Pathfinder RPG core races (starting on page 506), however, can be used as written, as long as the GM still has those races in her setting.

In this section

  • General Conversion Some types of rules appear in both monster stat blocks and player character classes, and they can be converted in the same way.
  • Monster Conversion For the most part, Pathfinder RPG monsters can be used in a Starfinder game with few changes.
  • Character Conversion While the core Starfinder classes can simulate a great variety of different science fantasy character concepts, players are always thinking of ideas that can be a little more difficult to model.
  • Dwarves Dwarves are a stocky race, roughly a foot shorter than humans, with broad, heavy frames.
  • Elves Lithe, long-lived humanoids, elves are easily recognized by their pointed ears and pupils so large that their eyes seem to be all one color.
  • Gnomes Long-ago emigrants from the primal fey realm called the First World, gnomes are a vivacious people who have adapted to their tumultuous heritage in curious ways, and evolved significantly from accounts found in pre-Gap…
  • Half-Elves If it’s true that opposites attract, then elves and humans are the best proof.
  • Half-Orcs Half-orcs have both human and orc ancestry. Though these individuals sometimes result from the union of orcs and humans, the relative rarity of pure-blooded orcs among the Pact Worlds means that most half-orcs are the…
  • Halflings Halflings are a common race in the Pact Worlds and their colonies, having spread nearly as far as humans.