Free RPG Day—Awesomely Alien

On Soviet Castrovel, plant harvest you!

I would have really enjoyed having a sample Starfinder adventure to run for Free RPG Day this month.

Huzzah!

Out of curiosity, for the PFS boon could it be used with the game that earns it? I'm running Risen Sands on the 17th and curious if that means players who already played Risen Sands could now sign up and effectively use the boon right away for that game?

I don't suppose this boon can also be acquired by those running games during that span? I've dropped both games I was going to play during that time span in order to GM instead as we were short GMs. It'd be nice to not miss out on a replay boon as a result.

Thank you for the consideration.

Out of curiosity, for the PFS boon could it be used with the game that earns it? I'm running Risen Sands on the 17th and curious if that means players who already played Risen Sands could now sign up and effectively use the boon right away for that game?

Absolutely. You can use the boon to replay an adventure that very day.

I don't suppose this boon can also be acquired by those running games during that span? I've dropped both games I was going to play during that time span in order to GM instead as we were short GMs. It'd be nice to not miss out on a replay boon as a result.

Thank you for the consideration.

Absolutely. Anyone participating in the game qualifies, whether that person's a player or a GM.

DrakeRoberts wrote:

I don't suppose this boon can also be acquired by those running games during that span? I've dropped both games I was going to play during that time span in order to GM instead as we were short GMs. It'd be nice to not miss out on a replay boon as a result.

Thank you for the consideration.

Absolutely. Anyone participating in the game qualifies, whether that person's a player or a GM.

Thanks, John!

Do we acquire this boon for play-by-post games? Do they have to start in that time window, end in that time window, or just be played during that time window?

Can this be used on Core games too? Looking at what we have scheduled during this date, next Tuesday is our monthly Core game. If not, we'll have to try figure something out.

Any adventure played counts for applying the boon, and it can be used any time thereafter.

Four new playable races and space liches.

Go on...

Another boon question... Does the GM for the game need to sign off on it, or is referencing the chronicle number, event number, etc. enough? I ask because I'm scheduled to play a game online on the 17th, but I doubt the GM was expecting to be generating additional chronicles for everyone when the game was first listed.

Another boon question... Does the GM for the game need to sign off on it, or is referencing the chronicle number, event number, etc. enough? I ask because I'm scheduled to play a game online on the 17th, but I doubt the GM was expecting to be generating additional chronicles for everyone when the game was first listed.

I don't quite follow. Are you asking if the GM needs to sign the bottom of this Chronicle sheet? If you're playing a game face-to-face, I'd just get the GM's signature/number on the bottom and fill in the rest. As for online, I'm touching base with a few folks to double-check how we want to handle that and other matters. I'm of the mind to do what's honest and the least hassle to go have fun.

Thanks John. Yes, that's what I was asking, whether, since it's an online game, it's ok for me to sign the boon myself and reference the chronicle # and event # that the GM provides as proof I played a game during the required timeframe. That way I wouldn't have to ask the GM to fill out and scan a second chronicle (the boon).

Another option maybe would be to fill out everything but the signature/GM number and see if I can get my VO to sign it later if I show him the chronicle from the online game.

I agree with the designers, by the way, the robot looks like someone weaponized a macbook.

I agree with the designers, by the way, the robot looks like someone weaponized a macbook.

"HUMAN. YOU HAVE MISSED A CRITICAL SOFTWARE UPDATE. INITIATING CORRECTIVE MEASURES."

Cool.

Hooray!

Nice!

Matthew Hudson wrote:

Out of curiosity, for the PFS boon could it be used with the game that earns it? I'm running Risen Sands on the 17th and curious if that means players who already played Risen Sands could now sign up and effectively use the boon right away for that game?

Absolutely. You can use the boon to replay an adventure that very day.

Awesome, thanks John!

I had another question come up on this one, specifically because I'll have three new players for this event. Do players using pre-gens for Risen from the Sands *have* to use the 4 pregens in the adventure? I remember it was that way when it came out in order to spotlight the upcoming classes in the ACG, but can the now PFS legal level 4 versions of those classes along with all of the other pre-gen classes be used? I can't find any explicit verbage on the chronicle or reporting document that were put out that says other level 4 pre-gens can't be used outside of the day it was released, or excluding things other than the pre-gens the way the We Be Goblins line had to be explicitly noted. In the interest of new players getting to pick whatever class seems most interesting to them, I'd normally say they can use any pre-gen now, but I wanted to check with "the authorities" :)

As a VC, aren't you "the authority"?

As a VC, aren't you "the authority"?

You would think, but that's not always the case! I've been wrong on some things before, nothing earth stopping, but I try to stay exactly by the book as much as I can.

I want that Goblin to become forum avatar-ready.

FOR REASONS.

Looks like no special boon for our lodge this year. The local stores have lost too much money over the past few years, and with no Paizo announcement back then, they've opted out. A few people will still get the sheet and other boon, but that's it. Super disappointed.

One store said "give more than 3.5 days notice on such things."

Play a game? does it have to be Pathfinder or may it be any RPG game?

Are the boons specific to Pathfinder Society or will they be usable with the upcoming Starfinder Society?

This is a nice boon. I'm glad to have something to give to my players, and I'm *really* glad it isn't tied to Starfinder. Thank you.

This is a nice boon. I'm glad to have something to give to my players, and I'm *really* glad it isn't tied to Starfinder. Thank you.

Technically the exclusive Free RPG Day boon can be argued that it's thematically Starfinder.

Quick question regarding the June 16th to 25th replay boon. Do those games have to be at a brick and mortar game store, or can any PFS game gain that benefit?

Are the boons specific to Pathfinder Society or will they be usable with the upcoming Starfinder Society?

This boon is for Pathfinder Society.

Quick question regarding the June 16th to 25th replay boon. Do those games have to be at a brick and mortar game store, or can any PFS game gain that benefit?

The first boon is for any game played in the window, regardless of location. The second boon is only for brick and mortar stores who participate in Free RPG day.

Tonya, one more clarification is needed.

Do the games have to start in that window, or is it okay if they are in progress during that window? I ask this on behalf of the 25 tables currently running Cosmic Captive in Play-by-Post, and all the other PFS PbPs currently running right now.

Hmm

Play a game? does it have to be Pathfinder or may it be any RPG game?

actually curious about this one - Some of the places prefer the quickstarts from the pack to be run (but i am hoping to sneak in some We Be Goblins!)

Was gonna run starfinder until I found out there is no encounter
Some players are not impressed
So I been asked to run a different game system
Shadowrun

We're running We Be Goblins, but are substituting the map of a crashed Shirren spaceship for the pirate ship in WBG. Keeping all the encounters the same, but giving it a bit more of a Starfinder feel.

Because nothing bad happens when goblins find spaceships.

Hmm

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IsitSaturdayyet!

Icanhardlywaitwhoneedssleep!!!

A few online play clarifications and answers to inquiries i've read over the past couple days:

Play during the window: Did you start an online game during the window? Were you in the middle of a Play-by-Post game during the window? You qualify. The important thing is to participate in a game.

Finish the game: To earn the boon, someone in an online game needs to finish the game. If someone’s starting the game and wants to use the bonus replay boon (e.g. join a We Be Goblins Free! game with the intention of using the boon for replay credit), just let the GM know ahead of time.

Online is not a Free RPG Day site: Online play only qualifies for the Free Replay Day boon, not the Tome of First Contact.

GMs get one: You get a boon for participating, regardless of which side of the screen someone’s one.

Be honest and have fun: While it’s preferable to have the GM handle signing the boon, I’m fine with a player physically printing out the boon and recording the online event’s number and title at the bottom. Just communicate with your GM and determine which solution will work best for that game.

I assume it's not spelled out because it goes without saying, but I'm going to ask the stupid question anyway:

The boon only discusses assigning it to a character, not to a player. Each player should only receive one copy of this boon, right?

I assume it's not spelled out because it goes without saying, but I'm going to ask the stupid question anyway:

The boon only discusses assigning it to a character, not to a player. Each player should only receive one copy of this boon, right?

One per participant, please, even if you go to multiple events.

@Stephen Wight "If you're playing a game any time from June 16th to June 25th, you can earn a copy of this sheet—just one per participant, no matter how many times you play."

Edit: Ninja'd by John

Thank you, John! I will spread the word in the PbP Community. This is awesome.

Hmm

PS A crashed Shirren ship, after a Goblin has gotten to it.

PPS A side view.

We Be Goblins! We has ship!

As an aside, methinks the Tome of First Contact would also count as Recovering a Named Text, for purposes of a faction card.

@Stephen Wight "If you're playing a game any time from June 16th to June 25th, you can earn a copy of this sheet—just one per participant, no matter how many times you play."

Edit: Ninja'd by John

(Feeling dumb. I scoured the boon pretty close, but I didn't go back to the blog.)

So with We Be Goblins and We B4 Goblins being replayable scenarios to begin with, is there really any relevance in letting those be part of the replay boon? I'm assuming it's strictly for the ability to play with a 2nd level character for a second time.

:( I wish we had a game store :(

I went to my local gamestore. They were participating in Free RPG Day, but because of a convention, they had no one to run games, so it was just a table of stuff to look over and take a few things if you wanted. This means that even though I went to a store, I can't get the Tome of First Contact. (I can't complain too much, though, since I got the last copy of the Starfinder First Contact book.)

I was at a store that was running some events for Free RPG Day, but they were not an "Official Location" on the Free RPG Day site. Is it still possible to get the Starfinder Chronicle or did they have to be listed on the site?

You would get the first boon, but not the second one.

I was at a store that was running some events for Free RPG Day, but they were not an "Official Location" on the Free RPG Day site. Is it still possible to get the Starfinder Chronicle or did they have to be listed on the site?

From what I gathered, they have to have paid into Free RPG Day and give away the dice, pencils, and books associated with the day.

Thank you, John! I will spread the word in the PbP Community. This is awesome.

Hmm

PS A crashed Shirren ship, after a Goblin has gotten to it.

PPS A side view.

We Be Goblins! We has ship!

Your maps are impressive as usual^^