Shape the Future of ‘Starfinder’ – Determine What Weird Aliens Will Be in the Core Book
Starfinder amps up for another playtest as the game spirals towards 2nd Edition. This time they want your help to decide what’s next.
One of the defining features of Starfinder is the absolute plethora of alien ancestries that you can play as. It’s a plethora even El Guapo could appreciate. As we head into the next Field Test for Starfinder, 2nd Edition, Paizo wants your help to determine what ancestries will be a core part of the game.
How, you might be asking? By filling out (or in) this survey, you can determine which ancestries will be next to be tested.
Starfinder Field Test 3 – Alien Ancestries Abound
If you didn’t already know, we’re creating a new edition of Starfinder, with an open playtest scheduled to begin next year. We’ve released two snapshots of some new rules we’re testing internally as early previews called Field Tests, and we’re looking to release our third preview.
Field Test #3 will include a preview of two Starfinder Second Edition ancestries. We know how important the cantina feel is to the Starfinder community, and we agree that having a plethora of playable alien ancestries is a core part of the game. There are MANY options to choose from and we all have our personal favorites, but we’ve decided to start with the ones that resonate most with the Starfinder community. To that end, we’d like to invite you to vote on which ancestries you would most like to see covered by our upcoming Field Test.
Follow the link HERE to vote for your top 2 ancestries or versatile heritages. The two with the most votes will appear in Field Test #3, releasing January 2024.
Here’s a list of the ancestries you can vote on:
- Android: Androids are synthetic beings with souls. Most androids look like humans with glowing circuitry beneath their skin.
- Barathu: Barathus are floating beings that evolved on the gas giant Bretheda. They rewrite their own genetic code instinctively, shaping their bodies into bizarre forms.
- Human: Humans are adaptable, ambitious, and endlessly curious. Originally from lost Golarion, they maintain a robust presence across the galaxy.
- Kasatha: Kasathas are four-armed humanoids steeped in the ancient traditions of a distant homeworld orbiting a dying star.
- Lashunta: Lashuntas are psychic humanoids who live on Castrovel. Lashuntas evolved a unique dimorphism, choosing whether they grow up to be burly, athletic korashas or graceful, willowy damayas.
- Pahtra: Pahtras are a humanoid feline species from Pulonis, known for their achievements in magic, music, and war.
- Shirren: Shirrens are a psychic insectile ancestry who split from the Swarm to end a cycle of stellar war and pursue their own identities.
- Vesk: Vesk are a warmongering reptilian people who conquered the eight worlds in their solar system shortly after they developed spaceflight. They have claws, scales, and powerful tails.
- Ysoki: Once known as ratfolk, ysoki thrive on countless worlds thanks to their flexibility, cleverness, and willingness to accomplish tough tasks.
- Borai (Versatile Heritage): A borai is an undead soul possessing a living body. Most borai are created by botched resurrection attempts, necromantic experimentation, or stubborn spirits refusing to die easily.
- Prismeni (Versatile Heritage): A prismeni is suffused with the energy of the Drift, a recently discovered hyperspace plane. They are spiritual kin to the spectra who call the Drift home.
All this in the next Starfinder Field Test!
