Adapted from Human - Starfinder Wiki and Human Ancestry- Archives of Nethys
In August, Paizo released their first play test document for Starfinder 2e. The first taste of what is to come from this exciting game setting is the first few levels of the Soldier class, supported by a few pieces of setting-appropriate equipment and a few monsters at the end to allow playtesters to run encounters against. Nestled in with these new rules elements, developers included notes on approaching this rules update.
Not content to simply play a few encounter variants, I can’t wait to play campaigns in a science fantasy setting supported by the game design innovations from PF 2e. I will use the context clues from the Field Test document to convert elements into my derivative setting for a west marches campaign.
The Fundamental Assumption
One major design concept the playtest revealed is, Starfinder 2e elements will operate within a Pathfinder 2e game, and vice versa. This is a huge step towards a Paizo rules engine that can support game settings across the spectrum of genre fiction. Cross compatibility opens up PF 2E’s published material to supplement what hasn’t been made yet for Starfinder 2e.
Human
Humans are a race of humanoids native to the Memory system known for their adaptability, ambition, curiosity, and history of impulsive violence.
They are one of the dominant races of the Foundry Confederation despite losing their homeworld during the Gap.
Appearance
Humans vary widely in genetic appearance but also tend to heavily augment themselves and their appearance with biological and technological customizations and adaptations.
The average human is 5 to 7 feet tall and weighs 100 to 300 pounds. They typically reach maturity at age 18, and most can live up to 80 to 120 years without magical or technological intervention.
Abilities
History
Many humans had branched out to planets such as Kolides before the Gap, and older human civilizations like the Hesalic Star Empire stretched even further into the stars.
Their homeworld’s disappearance turned the race's remaining members into migrants within Memory System, with Foundry Station as their new "homeworld". The Gap also wiped out memories of most of humanity's history and cultural record, leaving only the remnants of it on other races' histories and leading to debate over how relevant humanity's history is to its present and future.
Society
Human society is chaotic and diverse, with each human settlement differing dramatically from its neighbors and every society constantly changing and reinventing its ways. While humans themselves do not consider themselves attracted to any one alignment, other races note that this suggests a chaotic nature.
In the Confederacy
Humans get along well with most races except for the vesk, who consider humanity's ambition and warlike tendencies too close to their own, and androids, who resent humanity for turning their people into a slave race. But even races who are friendly toward humans keep a wary eye on them, knowing that they can easily spread like a virus and grow into a controlling force faster than expected.
Sex and Gender
Humans exhibit sexual dimorphism, with differing features and reproductive organs between most males and females. Gender, while often physically evident, is a social concept among humans — and as with most human social concepts, no two societies interpret gender the same way.
Names
The Gap's erasure of human records and cultural traditions has left the race dependent on newly formed naming conventions, with many names coming from their own invention, alien loanwords, or names plucked from what historical records still exist. Some examples include Akif, Alezandaru, Amare, Baolo, Belor, Darilian, Hadzi, Hai Minh, Hiriko, Iolana, Jokug, Korva, Morvius, Navasi, Pao, Pasara, Raziya, Revhi, Sahba, Sephia, Signe, Valki, and Yon
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