| Roleplaying Game | |
|---|---|
 First edition logo | |
 Pathfinder Core Rulebook 1st edition cover | |
| Designers | Jason Bulmahn |
| Publishers | Paizo Publishing |
| Publication | August 2009 |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Genres | Role-playing game |
| Systems | d20 system |
| Chance | Dice rolling |
| Website | paizo |
The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) that was published in 2009 by Paizo Publishing. The first edition extends and modifies the System Reference Document (SRD) based on the revised 3rd edition Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) published by Wizards of the Coast under the Open Game License (OGL) and is intended to be backward-compatible with that edition.
A new version of the game, Pathfinder Second Edition, was released in August 2019. It continued to use the OGL and SRD, but significant revisions to the core rules made the new edition incompatible with content from either Pathfinder 1st Edition or any edition of D&D. Starting in 2023, the game instead uses the ORC license, though it remains backwards-compatible with the existing OGL-licensed Second Edition rules.
Pathfinder is supported by the official Pathfinder periodicals and various third-party content created to be compatible with the game.