Hey there all,

First off, welcome to the playtest! I meant to have a post up right during launch, but time ran out and there were just too many other things to do. Sorry about that.

Second, the team and I are all recovering from what was an amazing experience at Gen Con. The number of excited fans and playtesters was truly staggering. We have already started collecting valuable feedback and we are looking forward to hearing from all of you about your experiences with the game. Unfortunately, I think most of the team is taking the day to rest up a bit. The show was exhausting and we got to recover some HP before we dive back into the fray.

Third, I want to assure everyone that we are hearing your feedback here on these boards. It is early days, as was expected, there are a lot of passionate debates going on here, and at a pace that we can hardly keep up with. Once we are all back together we will be working hard to get caught up. Your patience in this is appreciated.

Fourth, I am seeing a lot of great commentary here, catching things we missed, pointing out places where we might have made a mistake, and generally giving opinions on the game. That is great. What is not so great is the amount of bickering, name calling, hyperbole, and disrespect I am seeing. Lets all try and remember that we are all hear for the same cause, to make the best version of Pathfinder that we can. We need your help. We want your thoughts. We can't get your feedback if you are driving others away and otherwise being unfriendly toward your fellow playtesters. If you can't be civil, this playtest and this game are probably not for you.

Fifth, there are a few pieces of early errata that we need to get up immediately.



All PCs are trained in being unarmored.



Both Alchemists and Druids should be trained in 3 skills (+ Int Mod) each (instead of 2 and 4 respectively).



Alchemists can use Quick Alchemy for any alchemical item in their formula book.

There are a few more coming as well, but they are not as critical to this part of the playtest. These errata and all others will soon find a home on pathfinderplaytest.com as a simple PDF. When that goes live, we will make an announcement.

Finally, the playtest surveys for Part 1 of Doomsday Dawn are now live. As a note, please make sure that you have completed your play through of part 1 before taking the surveys. The player and GM surveys both have four pages of questions but should only take about 10 minutes each to complete. Please make sure you go all the way to the very end before leaving the site. You can find links to the Doomsday Dawn Part 1 surveys on pathfinderplaytest.com, as well as surveys for the first three PFS scenarios as well.

Please, if you have played these games, take the surveys. They are really going to help us get a better understanding of our game.

Thank again for all of you help in playtesting this game. The team and I look forward to working with all of you to make this the best version of Pathfinder ever!

Jason Bulmahn

Director of Game Design