Beginner Box (Second Edition)
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This article covers the Pathfinder Second Edition Beginner Box. For the Pathfinder First Edition equivalent, see Beginner Box (First Edition). |
The Beginner Box, a Pathfinder Second Edition product designed for new players, was released on November 11, 2020. It was re-released with a new printing incorporating the changes of the Pathfinder Remaster on March 3, 2024.12
The Beginner Box was written by Logan Bonner, Jason Bulmahn, Lyz Liddell, and Mark Seifter, with additional writing by James Jacobs, Ron Lundeen, and Stephen Radney-MacFarland. Jason Bulmahn was the Beginner Box's design lead.
“Take the first step into an amazing world of fantasy adventure! The Pathfinder Beginner Box contains everything you need to learn how to play the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, including rules to create your own fantasy hero and tools to make your own amazing stories.
Will you be a courageous fighter, charging headfirst into battle, or a sly rogue, moving quietly to strike at foes from the shadows? Maybe you will be a knowledgeable wizard, wielding incredible arcane spells or a wise and pious cleric, using the power of your deity to shape the world for the better. It is all up to you!
Inside you will find a rich toolbox, filled with everything you need to get started, including rules for character generation, an introductory adventure, guidelines to build your own campaign, character sheets, a full-color map, character pawns, and dice. This deluxe box set is the ideal introduction to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, leading the way to a lifetime of adventure!
The Pathfinder Beginner Box includes:
- An 80-page Hero's Handbook, including rules for character generation, a solo adventure, skills, spells, and equipment.
- A 96-page Game Master's Handbook, containing an introductory adventure, over 20 pages of monsters, rules for building your own adventure, and magic items.
- Four premade characters so you can jump right into the action and four blank character sheets if you want to make your own hero.
- Over 100 character and monster pawns to use on the full-color double-sided adventure map.
- Four game reference cards to help players remember their actions.
- A complete set of polyhedral dice, including a d20, d12, d10, d8, d6, and d4.
”
Hero's Handbook Contents
- Skill Checks
- General Skill Actions
- Skills and Skill Actions Table
- Skill Descriptions
- Rolling Checks
- Exploration
- Rest and Daily Preparations
- Light and Darkness
- Encounters
- Basic Actions
- Attacks
- Damage
- Movement
- Cover
- Durations
- Hit Points, Healing, and Dying
- Flanking
- Areas
- Conditions
Game Master's Guide Contents
- Preparing an Adventure
- Character Creation
- Game Sessions
- Supplies
- Exploration
- Encounters
- Downtime
- Experience Points
- Treasure
- Difficulty Classes
- The Story
- Locations
- Drawing a Map
- Building Challenges
- Encounters
- Other Challenges
- Rewards
- Building a Campaign
- Hazards
- Creature Size
- Identifying Creatures
- Creature Stat Blocks
- Map of Otari
- Who's Who in Otari
- Gathering Places
- Landmarks
- Goods and Services
- Dangerous Locales
- Story Seeds
List of bundled pawns
Pawns included in the original Pathfinder Beginner Box:
- Cleric, human female
- Cleric, human male
- Cleric, dwarf female
- Cleric, dwarf male
- Cleric, elf female
- Cleric, elf male
- Fighter, human female
- Fighter, dwarf female
- Fighter, dwarf male
- Fighter, elf female
- Fighter, elf male
- Rogue, human female
- Rogue, human male
- Rogue, dwarf female
- Rogue, dwarf male
- Rogue, elf female
- Rogue, elf male
- Wizard, human female
- Wizard, human male
- Wizard, dwarf female
- Wizard, dwarf male
- Wizard, elf female
- Wizard, elf male
- Ezren
- Kyra
- Merisiel
- Valeros
- Ogre warrior
- Animated armor (2)
- Basilisk
- Boar (2)
- Bugbear maurauder (2)^*
- Cat, leopard
- Giant centipede (2)
- Doppelganger (2)x
- Green dragon wyrmling*
- Drow priestessx
- Drow sneak (2)x
- Action tokens (12)
- Reaction tokens (4)
- Elemental zephyr hawk
- Elemental sod hound
- Elemental cinder rat
- Goblin commando (2)
- Goblin igniter (2)
- Goblin warrior (4)
- Gremlin, pugwampi (4)
- Owlbearx
- Kobold dragon mage*
- Drow warrior (3)x
- Elemental brine shark
- Gargoyle^
- Ghost commoner
- Ghoul (2)^*
- Harpy^
- Hell hound (2)
- Hobgoblin warrior (2)
- Mimicx
- Ooze, ooze (2)
- Kobold scout (2)
- Kobold trapmaster
- Kobold warrior (6)
- Giant rat (4)
- Snake, viper (3)
- Skeleton, skeletal giant
- Orc commander
- Orc scrapper (4)^
- Orc trooper (2)^
- Shadow^
- Skeleton guard (4)
- Snake, giant viper
- Giant spider
- Web lurkerx
- Wight^
- Wolf (4)
- Xulgath boss^*
- Xulgath warrior (2)^
- Zombie shambler (4)
- Troll
Legend
- x: Pawn does not appear in the Remastered edition.
- ^: Pawn's art is changed in the Remastered edition.
- *: Pawn's name is changed in the Remastered edition.
Remastered edition changes
Pawns indicated above as being removed in the Remaster edition are replaced with:
Pawns changing names include:
| OGL name | Remaster name |
|---|---|
| Bugbear marauder | Bugbear prowler |
| Green dragon wyrmling | Juvenile horned dragon |
| Ghoul | Ghoul stalker |
| Hobgoblin warrior | Hobgoblin soldier |
| Xulgath boss | Xulgath leader |
| Troll | Troll, forest |
| Orc trooper | Orc veteran |
Pawns changing art include:
- Basilisk
- Bugbear marauder
- Gargoyle
- Ghoul
- Harpy
- Orc scrapper
- Shadow
- Wight
- Xulgath boss
- Xulgath warrior
Related products
Livestream
Starting in November 2020, Paizo broadcast a weekly livestream on Twitch, and thereafter on YouTube, called Pathfinder Beginner Box: Troubles in Otari based on the Pathfinder Beginner Box (Episodes 1–4) and, from Episode 5, Troubles in Otari.
References
- ↑ Aaron Shanks. (December 18, 2023). Pathfinder Beginner Box, Paizo Product Discussion.
- ↑ Katina Davis. (March 3, 2024). Pathfinder Beginner Box (Remastered Edition), Paizo Product Discussion.
- Real-world articles
- Works by Jason Bulmahn
- Works by James Jacobs
- Works by Stephen Radney-MacFarland
- Works by Ron Lundeen
- Works by Mark Seifter
- Works by Lyz Liddell
- Works by Logan Bonner
- Artwork by Ekaterina Burmak
- Artwork by Katerina Kirillova
- Artwork by Wayne Reynolds
- Artwork by Valera Lutfullina
- Artwork by Will O'Brien
- Artwork by Kiki Moch Rizky
- Artwork by Klaher Baklaher
- Artwork by Damien Mammoliti
- Artwork by Ksenia Kozhevnikova
- Artwork by Hai Hoang
- Artwork by Jason Bulmahn
- Artwork by Stephen Radney-MacFarland
- Artwork by Giorgio Baroni
- Artwork by Matthias Rothenaicher
- Artwork by Oliver Morit
- Artwork by Brian Valeza
- Artwork by Gunship Revolution
- Artwork by Hinchel Or
- Artwork by Jen Santos
- Artwork by Nikolai Ostertag
- 2020 sourcebooks
- PFRPG 2E sourcebooks
- Pathfinder RPG
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