Remaster Changes

With the 5.9.0 release of the Pathfinder 2e Foundry system we have moved fully to the remaster rules. We want the transition to these rules to be as seamless as possible for groups.

This journal is a reference for GMs or players who are looking for something but can't locate it in the system compendiums or menus, and we have future plans to expand the ability to find items quickly even if you can't remember that Scorching Ray is now called Blazing Bolt.

In the pages of this journal you will see the feats, spells, and other items that were heavily altered, merged together, or removed from the system with this release.

One change not noted elsewhere in this journal is that several heritages and ancestries have been merged or renamed to match their new representations in Rage of Elements or Player Core 1 and 2:

• Aasimar, Aphorite, Ganzi, and Tiefling are merged into Nephilim.
• Ifrit are now Naari.
• Half-Elves are now Aiuvarin.
• Half-Orcs are now Dromaar.
• Gnoll are now Kholo.
• Grippli are now Tripkee.

Some items have been removed from the system as they are not compatible with the new rules. Alignment ampoules, for example, are not usable in a game without alignment. However, because we know that people want to use new releases while not fully moving to the remaster rules a copy of all of the legacy content has been made available through the PF2e Legacy Data module. This module also adds alignment back to actors.

This is not a full changelog of the remaster changes. That changelog would be exceptionally large, as many feats and spells had minor tweaks to the descriptions. A full changelog can be built from our github repository, though be aware that the diff file produced affected several thousand files, mostly in changing stored name references.

Class Features

The largest change to class features are the removal of all legacy witch patron themes and wizard arcane schools. These choices are still available in the PF2e Legacy Data module, and when the module is enabled they will appear alongside the remaster choices for those class features automatically.

Feats

Spells

Equipment

Most equipment changes are direct renames. The only set of removed items were alignment ampoules, as they are not compatible with the removal of alignment from the game.

Some materials have been renamed.

• Darkwood is now duskwood.

• Mithral is now dawnsilver.

Rules and Languages

Rules changes

In this release, the system implemented the following system wide rules changes:

Removal of Alignment Alignment has been removed from the system. Alignment that had been set before on actors is still in actor data in the form of inert traits. These traits are not displayed on the sheet until a module adds the traits back. The PF2e Legacy Data module does this, and smaller modules can easily do this. You can also do this without a module by simply registering the four alignment traits in the system homebrew settings menu as actor traits.

Evil fiends and good celestials have had the unholy or holy trait added to them. NPC strikes that dealt evil or good damage have been converted to deal spirit damage with the unholy or holy trait.

Removal of Spell Schools Seven of the eight spell schools have been removed: Abjuration, conjuration, divination, enchantment, evocation, necromancy, and transmutation have been removed from spells, feats, equipment, and the like. Illusion is still a trait used in the remaster rules and has been kept.

Removal of Spell Components Spell components (verbal, somatic, material) have been removed from all spells. If a spell had a verbal component it gained the concentrate trait. If the spell had a somatic component it gained the manipulate trait. As a general rule, all spells now require speaking. This general rule is modified by the new 'subtle' trait.

Domains

Some domains have been renamed.

• Delirium is now Disorientation.
• Void is now Nothingness.
• Wyrmkin is now Dragon.

Languages

Several languages have been renamed.

• Abyssal is now Chthonian.
• Aquan is now Thalassic.
• Auran is now Sussuran.
• Celestial is now Empyrean.
• Druidic is now Wildsong.
• Gnoll is now Kholo.
• Grippli is now Tripkee.
• Ignan is now Pyric.
• Infernal is now Diabolic.
• Sylvan is now Fey.
• Terran is now Petran.
• Undercommon is now Sakvroth.

Pantheons

The following deity pantheons have been renamed.

• Dwarven Pantheon is now Stone's Blood.
• Elven Pantheon is now Sovyrian Conclave.
• Followers of Fate is now Norns.
• The Prismatic Ray is now Radiant Prism.

Bestiaries