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Episode 27: Sweet Sweet Victory Points
Season 2, Ep. 27
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The Starfinder 2E GM Core is out! Sam and Stephen are having field days. This week they discuss the victory point subsystem introduced in the GM Core and how it has a big history in another favorite RPG of theirs: Star Wars Saga Edition. Don't forget! There's still time to enter our Rock The Stars Build Bounty! The new due date is NOW Tuesday, September 23rd at 12:00am PST. Please submit your Level 10 Starfinder Build w/ Bard Free Archetypes to our email below!
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