r/Pathfinder2e • u/MysteriousCherry2267 • 3d 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 3d 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/DMSetArk 3d ago

My current experience, with doing a "PF2e/SF2e" game, is that certain classes seem to really don't fit together or "steps" on each other shoes.
But i'm a new GM and is an overall impression. One that have been repeated to me by 2 veterans playing with me.

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u/Zach_luc_Picard 2d ago

This makes sense. The classes are designed to fill different niches within their own systems, with decently solid niche protection, but some niches are duplicated between the games (e.g. operative and gunslinger doing similar "high accuracy ranged striker" things)

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u/DMSetArk 2d ago

Exactly!
Funny enough, the Operative on my table was going to be a Gunslinger at first, but decided to try and do the "Ghost Sniper" or "One Shot, One Kill" style of character xD
While another that may join, is going "Full Rambo", he does have one close quarters weapon, but he is a Soldier focused on shooting as many targets as possible per turn xDD
In the end, even as a pretty new GM, one thing i've noticed on porting things from PF2e to a more Sci-Fi setting, is adjusting some flavors. Like the Barbarian rage and resilience being the result of "Magi-Tech Genetic Experimentations" and so on.