▁prede cess or , ▁the ▁Star find er ▁R PG ▁supports ▁advent ure ▁paths ▁and ▁other ▁material ▁written ▁by ▁Pa izo ▁and ▁third ▁party ▁publish ers . ▁ ▁Background ▁Star find er ▁draw s ▁insp iration ▁from ▁many ▁other ▁science - f iction ▁and ▁space ▁opera ▁franch ises , ▁including ▁Star ▁Wars , ▁Ali en , ▁Guard ians ▁of ▁the ▁Gal axy , ▁and ▁War ham mer ▁ 4 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁Pa izo ▁first ▁released ▁a ▁science - f iction ▁product ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁with ▁the ▁Dist ant ▁World s ▁supp lement ▁to ▁Path find er . ▁After ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁Dist ant ▁World s , ▁Pa izo ▁decided ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁new ▁system , ▁using ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁base . ▁ ▁The ▁Star find er ▁R PG ▁was ▁announced ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁on ▁Pa izo ' s ▁website ▁and ▁officially ▁released ▁at ▁Gen ▁Con ▁in ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁Design ▁Star find er ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁Pa izo ' s ▁previous ▁game , ▁Path find er , ▁and ▁like ▁its ▁prede cess or ▁uses ▁the ▁d 2 0 ▁system ▁created ▁by ▁W iz ards ▁of ▁the ▁Coast ▁for ▁Dun ge ons ▁& ▁Drag ons . ▁Similar ▁to ▁Path find er , ▁the ▁game ▁features ▁personal ▁combat ▁using ▁weapons ▁and ▁magic , ▁though ▁these ▁systems ▁have ▁been ▁simplified ▁and ▁adjust ed ▁to ▁the ▁fut ur istic ▁setting . ▁In ▁addition , ▁Star find er ▁also ▁has ▁rules