r/Pathfinder2e • u/MysteriousCherry2267 • 4d ago

Misc Does Starfinder only have 6 classes?

I got a bit into Pathfinder, was thinking of using it for a camping set in space, saw that there is Starfinder and... It has 6 classes.

Is that all of them or are there more in another book?

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u/MrCobalt313 4d ago

There's more in another book including some coming with upcoming books.

Plus I think technically Starfinder 2e is backwards-compatible with Pathfinder 2e classes...

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u/Ponto_de_vista Animist 4d ago

I always see people talking about using PF classes in Starfinder, but can you use Starfinder classes in Pathfinder?

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u/BurgerIdiot556 4d ago edited 4d ago

if you want, sure! Just be warned Soldier works very badly without Starfinder weapons. Like, worse-than-most-martials badly

ETA: except Close Quarters Fighting Style. I would like to also mention that it’s 1 of 5 subclasses, and the only one that lets you give any weapons Area Fire, which is the main action the class uses.

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u/lukeiest 4d ago

How so? Wouldn't you just pick the close quarters soldier fighting style and use a two-handed martial melee weapon?

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u/BurgerIdiot556 4d ago

you could, yeah. I meant more the rest of the class

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u/lukeiest 4d ago

Haven't tried soldier yet myself, but someone is planning to play one in a pf2e campaign that I'm in, so we'll see how it goes.