Starfinder: Afterlight 💫

[The_Mask]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ep ... afterlight



Powered by Starfinder Second Edition

Build your hero from seven ancestries (Android, Human, Kasatha, Lashunta, Shirren, Vesk, Ysoki) and six classes (Envoy, Mystic, Operative, Solarian, Soldier, Witchwarper).

Engage in turn-based tactical combat with Paizo's critically acclaimed three-action system. Level up and collect alien gear while battling cultists under the Hivemarket and unspeakable horrors drifting through the Diaspora.



No Wrong Answers

Experience a branching narrative where choices matter. Nothing is forbidden, everything has consequences. Your class and ancestry shape how you interact: intimidate as a Vesk Soldier or charm as a Lashunta Envoy. Factions remember your deeds, companions judge your decisions. Your legend is yours to write.



Featuring:

• Romance your crew - all companions (plus some surprises).

• Multiple difficulty modes - from story lovers to tactical experts.

• Multiple play styles - recruit mercenaries or fly solo.

• Mod support to create your own adventures.

• 40-60 hours campaign.

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Your crew, your story



The Voices of your Crew

Watch your companions come to life. Voiced by industry veteran actors and under BAFTA winner Neil Newbon's direction, experience immersive dialogue spanning romance, combat and ship banter.

Dialogue adapts to your choices: Kole's joyful spirit will be crushed if you've been cruel, Lu-323 can drop her act if she feels safe with you. Every conversation is a reflection of the captain you choose to become.





What We Have

Current funding covers the core game:

• 40-60 hours of main story

• 6 companions with personal quest lines

• Turn-based combat systems

• Multiple endings

This ships regardless. We're committed.

What Backers Bring

Kickstarter is about excellence:

• Enhanced Voices: Move from partial to full voice acting. Every line, every character, every moment.

• Character creation options: More ancestries that didn't make the first cut, but we really, really want to add.

• Main Character voice packs and portraits: Battle cries, spell chants, and reaction barks to personalize your hero.

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weeb

[Valter]

ChatGPT summary

[Valter]

Some red flags but I'm intrigued nonetheless

[Vaako]

yeah red flags for sure with the people involved and artstyle.

[WhiteShark]

Some red flags but I'm intrigued nonetheless

The biggest red flag is that it's Starfinder, the worst system Paizo ever made.

[Valter]

Some red flags but I'm intrigued nonetheless

The biggest red flag is that it's Starfinder, the worst system Paizo ever made.

Really? Got no clue about it. I just liked the Pathfinder games

[WhiteShark]

It's full of stuff like this:

► Starfinder Equipment

>Shock Grenade V
>110,000 credits

I can't comment on how it feels at the table. I don't know much about the class mechanics. What I do know is that the equipment list makes the setting complete nonsense.

[Tangerine]

I want to know what makes a baton so advanced it's worth twice as much as a molecular blade.

[Acrux]

Starfinder: Afterthought

[WaterMage]

Starfinder 2e = Hard pass.

We need an CRPG adaptation of this :



The galaxy is ruled by decadent noble houses descended from ancient genetic dynasties, all ultimately answering—at least in theory—to the immortal Matriarch, a psionically perfect being whose beauty and cruelty define the age; beneath her, countless rival Space Princesses wage subtle wars of intrigue, pleasure, and assassination across glittering worlds and derelict moons, each seeking dominance through seduction, cloning, or forbidden science.

TL;DR MotSP is Starfinder if the universe were taken over by Slaanesh and stripped of Sawyerism.

[wndrbr]

No one:

Not a single soul:

WaterMage: GODDESSES

[rusty_shackleford]

Starfinder 2e = Hard pass.

We need an CRPG adaptation of this :



The galaxy is ruled by decadent noble houses descended from ancient genetic dynasties, all ultimately answering—at least in theory—to the immortal Matriarch, a psionically perfect being whose beauty and cruelty define the age; beneath her, countless rival Space Princesses wage subtle wars of intrigue, pleasure, and assassination across glittering worlds and derelict moons, each seeking dominance through seduction, cloning, or forbidden science.

TL;DR MotSP is Starfinder if the universe were taken over by Slaanesh and stripped of Sawyerism.

it's the same thing

[WaterMage]

it's the same thing

No, it is not, one is post modernist degeneration, another is old school degeneration.

You wouldn't have people surviving hundreds of plasma rifle shots in the face in MotSP. But you will in this game.

WaterMage: GODDESSES

Hot take : There is nothing wrong with fan service. In Age of Conan, Demonologists got a literally naked succubus as pet. VtMB has a lot of fan service in night clubs. But what I like MotSP is that there are no people surviving 666 plasma shots in the face. It is space fantasy without Sawyerism and it is much more than just P&P degeneration. For eg, the core rulebook has an adventure plot hook table. You roll d100. Ranging from zombies, comet collision into a planet, Less than 10% of the plot hooks listed have something sexual.

The game also has some interesting mechanics. Since you played 3.5e, imagine if only the fighter/killer got more BAB per level up. Some interesting skills like Mental armor. Not to mention, people praise ship combat in the game.

[Cedric]

1E Starfinder wasn't a great system but it was playable and not the worst.

[WaterMage]

1E Starfinder wasn't a great system but it was playable and not the worst.

Yep. IMO the greatest drawback of SF1e is that there are only half casters. SF2e seems much, much worse. Like 4e in the space.

After we got another 4e in the space aka OwlCAt RT.

[A Chinese opium den]

Untrustworthy goblin physiognomy.

[Oyster Sauce]

Untrustworthy goblin physiognomy.

At least he's not visibly drunk with a black eye...

[Tangerine]

Untrustworthy goblin physiognomy.

I don't trust men that paint their nails.

[The_Mask]

Their Kickstarter now says that you get 2 copies with 1 pledge. Not sure what that means, but there you go.

[Xenich]

Untrustworthy goblin physiognomy.

I don't trust men that paint their nails.

You mean ****.

[rusty_shackleford]

this is a dude

[J1M]

That character's name translated from leet speak is LU-ERE? As in to lure someone?

[maidenhaver]

Lu Ere, as in "'ere's the Loo."

[Roguey]

It's an androgynous android. And hey she has her tits out even with that collar and tie which is kind of funy.

[UltraFan123]

I would've been more interested in a 1e Starfinder game, even if it wasn't made by Owlcat.

However, since I still want to experience other space CRPGs because Rogue Trader is the only one I know of so far, I may be interested in pirating this game.

[rusty_shackleford]

It's an androgynous android. And hey she has her tits out even with that collar and tie which is kind of funy.

dude's face, it's drawn as an ugly ******

[mynameismortis]

hard pass too much colors and red flags.Where are the grim crpgs?I want to be a war criminal beheading thousands of orcs because they have rebelled against the imperial glory

[Roguey]

It's an androgynous android. And hey she has her tits out even with that collar and tie which is kind of funy.

dude's face, it's drawn as an ugly ******

Well the voice actress is some crazy she/they latina with a masculine face https://hearmelissa.com/

The cast of characters shows this is a game for women/****. Spaniards at it again.

[UltraFan123]

I downloaded the Core Rulebook of Starfinder 1e to familiarize myself a bit with the setting, and while most of the stuff I've seen so far is the same generic "space RPG" stuff you can find almost anywhere else, I want to give some credit where credit is due for some of the ideas I did like.

- At least the 1st edition has rules that allow you to custom-make your own space ships, which is the logical continuation of the SRD rules that allow you to make your own equipment and items.

- This setting has undead-in-space which are quite distinct from the 40k necrons, and the culture and nature of these undead can be seen in their technology like space ships that have no pressurized sealed rooms because animated corpses don't need oxygen nor care about deadly radiation.

- Despite clearly being an intergalactic setting with advanced tech, traditional magic still has an everyday use and is as common as any fantasy medieval setting. Like divine mystic spells that can detect radiation and create bubbles of breathable atmosphere. Or digital banking systems that use technomancy spells to add extra protection from hackers.

- Speaking of banking, the currency in this setting is a combination of physical and digital money called "credstick" which is basically a thin USB that allows you to store specific amounts of credit into it. Since most credsticks are cheaply mass-produced, most of the time you can use them as coins/cash bills for minor everyday purchases, while other credsticks function as fancy debit cards for expensive purchases.

- On top of the standard classes, the 1e ruleset also has "Character Theme" which functions similar to a secondary background class that gives you extra traits and customization. Like [Mystic] is the divine spellcaster class while [Priest] is the religious theme for those affiliated with a larger cult or church.

- To expand on the above, the class defines what you can do while the theme defines what you are in the in-story setting and how the NPCs react to you. Like for example a mystic who is also a priest is quite obvious, but a [Soldier] - the warrior class of this setting - who leads a space crusade could also be a legit priest. Or a [Technomancer] who is an acolyte of the church of the machine deity is also a priest for obvious reasons. And likewise, a mystic who doesn't want to live inside a temple's halls but would rather explore the stars wouldn't be a priest but rather a [Spacefearer] or a [Xenoseeker] which are different themes.

So overall, I do admit that Starfinder's aesthetics and lore are as sterile as it gets for a sci-fi setting, and I can only imagine how worse it got in the 2nd edition, but there are some good ideas that could be great if applied properly.