paizo.com Recent Reviews of Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Boxpaizo.com Recent Reviews of Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box2024-02-03T02:00:54Z2024-02-03T02:00:54ZPathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box: NPCs (and PCs!) at a Snap! (4 stars)Jhaemanhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8x1f?Pathfinder-Pawns-NPC-Codex-Box2019-02-25T11:42:43Z<p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>The <b><i>NPC Codex Box</b></i> has become, next to the Bestiary set and an adventure path set, the collection of Pathfinder pawns I actually use the most frequently at the gaming table. The reasons why will become clear in a moment, but first I'll go over the usual rigmarole for those who aren't familiar with Paizo pawns. </p>
<p>Each pawn is a thick cardboard token with the name and artwork of a particular character or monster on both sides. The pawns fit into plastic bases that match the size the creature should take up on a regular 1" grid. The pawns are quite durable and they're a much more cost-effective and manageable way to get a wide variety of tokens than trying to collect individual plastic miniatures. An index on the back of the box matches the numbering of the tokens, so it's easy to find what you're looking for. The NPC Codex Box comes with over 300 pawns; many are unique, but there are multiples of some (for example, there are six "Beggar" pawns and two "Cautious Mages"). The box also comes with a couple of dozen of small/medium-sized bases and five large bases. There aren't any Huge-sized or larger creatures in the box. The collection matches the entries in the NPC Codex, a Pathfinder book that contains full stat-blocks for NPCs from levels 1-20 of each core class. With the book and the pawn box together, finding an appropriate NPC in the middle of a session becomes a snap.</p>
<p>I would guess roughly two-thirds of the pawns in the box are devoted to the core classes, with each class receiving twenty distinct pawns. The artwork is high quality, but I'm not convinced it always matches the description. The "War Priest" pawn, for example, just looks to me like a standard dwarf warrior, and there's nothing particularly flame-related in the image of the "Fire Cleric." The "Charlatan" looks like your typical back-alley rogue and the "Masked Lord" isn't even wearing a mask! There are a lot of little problems like this, so I wouldn't take the descriptions too literally when trying to pick a pawn for a particular purpose.</p>
<p>The prestige classes get a full forty distinct pawns, and I have to admit there are some awesome images with the set. I think if I were stuck for a character concept, I could just browse the pawns in the box and instantly get a couple of cool ideas. I should also mention that, with a few exception, the vast majority of images used are of the core races.</p>
<p>My biggest beef with the set is the fifty distinct pawns devoted to the NPC classes. These cover a variety of mundane professions, like beggar, diplomat, barmaid, mayor, guard, etc. The problem I have is that the artwork makes them all take dramatic poses, most look quite athletic, and several are armed. In short, many look more like adventurers than the sort of everyday-folk you would come across in a normal town. The barmaid is suddenly a supermodel wearing a revealing outfit with a "come hither" look, the diplomat has a sword on his belt and a cape blowing dramatically in the wind, the "recruit" has full-plate armor and a magic glowing axe, and even the "village elder" is a half-orc with a spear. Not every single pawn falls into this category, but there just isn't much in the way of variety in terms of body-type (no one's fat), social class (almost everyone is stylishly dressed), or posture (everyone looks like they're ready for something dramatic to happen in the next moment). I don't want to make a mountain out of a molehill, but I wish there were more that could easily blend into the background (just like in cinema, directors don't want to hire extras who are too distinctive and noticeable because it draws the viewers away from the actors).</p>
<p>The next eleven tokens are incredibly useful: each of the Iconics for the Core Rulebook classes. If you play PFS, you can imagine how often these would come out. </p>
<p>Finally, there's a collection of about twenty-five animal companions. Animals aren't really what one thinks about when it comes to NPCs, but it's really handy to have tokens for cats, dogs, horses, birds, camels, and more exotic things like constrictor snakes and even dinosaurs. I'm not a fan of the "pet" classes, but when people at my table do play them, it's good that they can find the token they need.</p>
<p>This is the box that I bring out when I'm running a game and someone has a new character and needs a pawn. It's easy to sort through and find something that fits the bill. As I said, I wish some of the artwork fitted the label better and that some of it was more "normal" instead of high-adventure, but all in all this set has become indispensable. It's well-worth the purchase, whether you have the accompanying book or not.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>The <b><i>NPC Codex Box</b></i> has become, next to the Bestiary set and an adventure path set, the collection of Pathfinder pawns I actually use the most frequently at the gaming table. The reasons why will become clear in a moment, but first I'll go over the usual rigmarole for those who aren't familiar with Paizo pawns. </p>
<p>Each pawn is a thick cardboard token with the name and artwork of a particular character or monster on both sides. The pawns fit into plastic bases that match the size the creature should take up on a regular 1" grid. The pawns are quite durable and they're a much more cost-effective and manageable way to get a wide variety of tokens than trying to collect individual plastic miniatures. An index on the back of the box matches the numbering of the tokens, so it's easy to find what you're looking for. The NPC Codex Box comes with over 300 pawns; many are unique, but there are multiples of some (for example, there are six "Beggar" pawns and two "Cautious Mages"). The box also comes with a couple of dozen of small/medium-sized bases and five large bases. There aren't any Huge-sized or larger creatures in the box. The collection matches the entries in the NPC Codex, a Pathfinder book that contains full stat-blocks for NPCs from levels 1-20 of each core class. With the book and the pawn box together, finding an appropriate NPC in the middle of a session becomes a snap.</p>
<p>I would guess roughly two-thirds of the pawns in the box are devoted to the core classes, with each class receiving twenty distinct pawns. The artwork is high quality, but I'm not convinced it always matches the description. The "War Priest" pawn, for example, just looks to me like a standard dwarf warrior, and there's nothing particularly flame-related in the image of the "Fire Cleric." The "Charlatan" looks like your typical back-alley rogue and the "Masked Lord" isn't even wearing a mask! There are a lot of little problems like this, so I wouldn't take the descriptions too literally when trying to pick a pawn for a particular purpose.</p>
<p>The prestige classes get a full forty distinct pawns, and I have to admit there are some awesome images with the set. I think if I were stuck for a character concept, I could just browse the pawns in the box and instantly get a couple of cool ideas. I should also mention that, with a few exception, the vast majority of images used are of the core races.</p>
<p>My biggest beef with the set is the fifty distinct pawns devoted to the NPC classes. These cover a variety of mundane professions, like beggar, diplomat, barmaid, mayor, guard, etc. The problem I have is that the artwork makes them all take dramatic poses, most look quite athletic, and several are armed. In short, many look more like adventurers than the sort of everyday-folk you would come across in a normal town. The barmaid is suddenly a supermodel wearing a revealing outfit with a "come hither" look, the diplomat has a sword on his belt and a cape blowing dramatically in the wind, the "recruit" has full-plate armor and a magic glowing axe, and even the "village elder" is a half-orc with a spear. Not every single pawn falls into this category, but there just isn't much in the way of variety in terms of body-type (no one's fat), social class (almost everyone is stylishly dressed), or posture (everyone looks like they're ready for something dramatic to happen in the next moment). I don't want to make a mountain out of a molehill, but I wish there were more that could easily blend into the background (just like in cinema, directors don't want to hire extras who are too distinctive and noticeable because it draws the viewers away from the actors).</p>
<p>The next eleven tokens are incredibly useful: each of the Iconics for the Core Rulebook classes. If you play PFS, you can imagine how often these would come out. </p>
<p>Finally, there's a collection of about twenty-five animal companions. Animals aren't really what one thinks about when it comes to NPCs, but it's really handy to have tokens for cats, dogs, horses, birds, camels, and more exotic things like constrictor snakes and even dinosaurs. I'm not a fan of the "pet" classes, but when people at my table do play them, it's good that they can find the token they need.</p>
<p>This is the box that I bring out when I'm running a game and someone has a new character and needs a pawn. It's easy to sort through and find something that fits the bill. As I said, I wish some of the artwork fitted the label better and that some of it was more "normal" instead of high-adventure, but all in all this set has become indispensable. It's well-worth the purchase, whether you have the accompanying book or not.</p>Jhaeman2019-02-25T11:42:43ZPathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box: A Necessary Set (5 stars)madwilly2006https://paizo.com/products/btpy8x1f?Pathfinder-Pawns-NPC-Codex-Box2016-03-28T16:45:37Z<p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>I have always loved the idea behind the Pathfinder Pawns, but even with a Bestiary Boxes 1 and 2 and a few Adventure Path pawn sets, I didn't really use them that often. Most of the time I stuck to my old minis, for two main reasons.
<br />
1) A lot of the common monsters like kobolds, hobgoblins, and bugbears were poorly represented in pawns. There just weren't very many of them!
<br />
2) There wasn't a great variety of potential PC's.</p>
<p>This box solves problem 2! This is a great set and a must own. Such a huge variety of characters from the common PC races. Plus a lot of great potential NPC's. Adding some animals is nice too.</p>
<p>If you are new to Pathfinder Pawns and don't know where to start, here's what I recommend:</p>
<p>1) Monster Codex
<br />
2) NPC Codex
<br />
3) Summon Monster
<br />
4) Bestiary Box 1</p>
<p>These four will give you a solid base of almost everything you need. Everything else you get after that will add variety and zest to your pawn collection.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>I have always loved the idea behind the Pathfinder Pawns, but even with a Bestiary Boxes 1 and 2 and a few Adventure Path pawn sets, I didn't really use them that often. Most of the time I stuck to my old minis, for two main reasons.
<br />
1) A lot of the common monsters like kobolds, hobgoblins, and bugbears were poorly represented in pawns. There just weren't very many of them!
<br />
2) There wasn't a great variety of potential PC's.</p>
<p>This box solves problem 2! This is a great set and a must own. Such a huge variety of characters from the common PC races. Plus a lot of great potential NPC's. Adding some animals is nice too.</p>
<p>If you are new to Pathfinder Pawns and don't know where to start, here's what I recommend:</p>
<p>1) Monster Codex
<br />
2) NPC Codex
<br />
3) Summon Monster
<br />
4) Bestiary Box 1</p>
<p>These four will give you a solid base of almost everything you need. Everything else you get after that will add variety and zest to your pawn collection.</p>madwilly20062016-03-28T16:45:37ZPathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box: Gorgeous set of pawns for NPCs & PCs alike!!! (5 stars)Brother Fenhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8x1f?Pathfinder-Pawns-NPC-Codex-Box2015-03-04T23:08:19Z<p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>The NPC Codex box contains a stunning selection of individual pawns that may be used for players or NPCs. At the start of every session, I pass the NPC Codex Box around and let the players choose their pawn. The players love digging thru the box almost as much as I love sorting it for NPC pawns. Combine this box with the new Inner Sea Pawn Box for the various factions and cults to have every pawn you'll need to keep your Golarion campaign running fresh for years to come!</p><p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>The NPC Codex box contains a stunning selection of individual pawns that may be used for players or NPCs. At the start of every session, I pass the NPC Codex Box around and let the players choose their pawn. The players love digging thru the box almost as much as I love sorting it for NPC pawns. Combine this box with the new Inner Sea Pawn Box for the various factions and cults to have every pawn you'll need to keep your Golarion campaign running fresh for years to come!</p>Brother Fen2015-03-04T23:08:19ZPathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box: A colorful collection of minis (4 stars)Garrett the Gnollhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8x1f?Pathfinder-Pawns-NPC-Codex-Box2014-01-21T13:03:41Z<p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>If you use miniatures and need a lot of colorful unique NPCs or PCs for your players than this is the set for you. Based on the NPC codex book, you will find all the previous artwork and more. Some double (like the guards), many don’t. All the core races are included, as well as some animals. With these alone can build an orc army, a dwarven megaforge, an eleven city, a medieval palace or a diversified metropolis.</p>
<p>It’s short on obvious specific cultists though, so if you need to run through the head church of Zon-Kuthon, this will not be enough. Unless you want to go on these with a magnifying glass, there is no point in heavily distinguishing the races. You may have a hard time telling apart the halflings from the gnomes, but I didn’t care and just lobed them into one bag.</p>
<p>The only real gripe I have is with the punch-out quality. If you are not careful enough, the imperfect cutout can damage the token. I had to fix a dozen tokens with glue (hence the -1 star), and even more needed their edges trimmed with scissors. So take care on your first go.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>If you use miniatures and need a lot of colorful unique NPCs or PCs for your players than this is the set for you. Based on the NPC codex book, you will find all the previous artwork and more. Some double (like the guards), many don’t. All the core races are included, as well as some animals. With these alone can build an orc army, a dwarven megaforge, an eleven city, a medieval palace or a diversified metropolis.</p>
<p>It’s short on obvious specific cultists though, so if you need to run through the head church of Zon-Kuthon, this will not be enough. Unless you want to go on these with a magnifying glass, there is no point in heavily distinguishing the races. You may have a hard time telling apart the halflings from the gnomes, but I didn’t care and just lobed them into one bag.</p>
<p>The only real gripe I have is with the punch-out quality. If you are not careful enough, the imperfect cutout can damage the token. I had to fix a dozen tokens with glue (hence the -1 star), and even more needed their edges trimmed with scissors. So take care on your first go.</p>Garrett the Gnoll2014-01-21T13:03:41ZPathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box: A little disappointed and misrepresented. (3 stars)leathersmithhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8x1f?Pathfinder-Pawns-NPC-Codex-Box2013-12-12T21:41:26Z<p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>Why are there no pictures featuring mounts for the Mounted Archer, Griffon Rider, Savage Rider, ext?</p><p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>Why are there no pictures featuring mounts for the Mounted Archer, Griffon Rider, Savage Rider, ext?</p>leathersmith2013-12-12T21:41:26ZPathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box: Exactly what I needed (5 stars)Ptolmaeus Arvenushttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8x1f?Pathfinder-Pawns-NPC-Codex-Box2013-12-10T20:44:28Z<p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>As an aspiring GM without the infrastructure from previously playing D&D or other mini-based games, this set was exactly what I needed to start developing a well stocked collection of pieces. Compared to minis, you get more bang for you buck with these pawns. They are cheaper, more detailed, and considerably easier to store. Durability might later be an issue but a considerable number of the pawns come with extras. The inclusion of several of the more common animal companions was also a nice touch.</p>
<p>While the lack of racial diversity might be a bit of an issue (outside of a few animals, this is all Core races from what I can tell), I'm going to withhold my judgement on that until I round out my collection some.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>As an aspiring GM without the infrastructure from previously playing D&D or other mini-based games, this set was exactly what I needed to start developing a well stocked collection of pieces. Compared to minis, you get more bang for you buck with these pawns. They are cheaper, more detailed, and considerably easier to store. Durability might later be an issue but a considerable number of the pawns come with extras. The inclusion of several of the more common animal companions was also a nice touch.</p>
<p>While the lack of racial diversity might be a bit of an issue (outside of a few animals, this is all Core races from what I can tell), I'm going to withhold my judgement on that until I round out my collection some.</p>Ptolmaeus Arvenus2013-12-10T20:44:28ZPathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (4 stars)Icaste Fyrbawlhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8x1f?Pathfinder-Pawns-NPC-Codex-Box2013-08-21T17:27:11Z<p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>So let's point out the positives in this review first.
<br />
1. If you love to play dwarves, elves, and humans (both male and female) you will want to pick up this set. I've never seen a more dwarf friendly set! Which is great for me! The multitude of elves and humans was unsurprising, so I'm not as excited.</p>
<p>2. If you love half-orcs, you'll be either excited or irritated, depending. Most of the half-orc npc's are male (which irritates my wife because she was looking forward to a female half-orc for her PC in Serpent's Skull). They are also mostly cast in the typical evil orc fashion. This is a bane to those who play them, but a boon to GM's who need more "orc" minis.</p>
<p>3. If you love halflings and gnomes, there are a few. However, they are somewhat hard to distinguish (I'll get to that later).</p>
<p>4. If you love half-elves, they kind of blend with elves and humans. You'll be good to use either.</p>
<p>5. The animal companions are represented (for the most part). This is great and I'm glad for it. While most people can just borrow from the bestiary, it was nice to have the ones that naturally don't start at a smaller size being made smaller in this set.</p>
<p>6. There is a mini for just about everyone.</p>
<p>Now with that in mind, let's get to the negatives.</p>
<p>1. Almost none of the titles of these pawns match the respective image. No, I don't mean they mixed them up. They were titled the same in the NPC Codex hardback too. Ignore this, if you can. I'm considering just putting the minis in order of race to eliminate this problem.</p>
<p>2. The pawns are indeed not fully cut like the Bestiary was. You can use pretty much any knife to solve this issue.</p>
<p>3. Some of the pawns are cut off at the weapon, which isn't cool. The images could have been shrank a bit more to accommodate at least a portion of them. This is glaring in the animals as well. The dog should not be bigger than the leopard. And dogs need butts too.</p>
<p>4. Lighting. I'm unsure if it's simply due to the shrinking of the images or poor printing, but some of these minis are quite literally black shapes with little art. This rankled me at first, but I've resolved that they have become the Dark Folk. Thus my purchase is still justified.</p>
<p>5. The obvious gnomes look like they are straight out of wonderland. This is not ok.</p>
<p>All in all, I'm glad I purchased this from amazon for about 12 dollars less. The pawns don't justify the 39.99 price tag. But for 27.99 and free shipping they do.</p>
<p>P.S. With all of that in mind, there is one mini that just stands out fantastically. The Knight (aristocrat npc pic) is glorious and should be used for any male human full plate warrior. They should have made more.</p>
<p>P.P.S. After punching them out and attempting to re-sort them into the frames it has dawned on me that not all frames are punched out in the exact same shape. So I have purchased Business Card slip sheets and they work fantastically for the large and medium pawns. The small pawns luckily will fit back in their frames (and for longevity sake, put the smooth side DOWN in the smooth from so they slide off each other instead of raking the cardboard). With that done, I have a final total</p>
<p>Halflings-39
<br />
Gnomes-35
<br />
Humans-168
<br />
Half-Orcs-51
<br />
Half-Elves-48
<br />
Elves-40
<br />
Dwarves-48
<br />
Animals-25</p>
<p>As you can see, there is a good variety for everyone. I've based these numbers on the races listed for the entries from the NPC Codex pdf.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>So let's point out the positives in this review first.
<br />
1. If you love to play dwarves, elves, and humans (both male and female) you will want to pick up this set. I've never seen a more dwarf friendly set! Which is great for me! The multitude of elves and humans was unsurprising, so I'm not as excited.</p>
<p>2. If you love half-orcs, you'll be either excited or irritated, depending. Most of the half-orc npc's are male (which irritates my wife because she was looking forward to a female half-orc for her PC in Serpent's Skull). They are also mostly cast in the typical evil orc fashion. This is a bane to those who play them, but a boon to GM's who need more "orc" minis.</p>
<p>3. If you love halflings and gnomes, there are a few. However, they are somewhat hard to distinguish (I'll get to that later).</p>
<p>4. If you love half-elves, they kind of blend with elves and humans. You'll be good to use either.</p>
<p>5. The animal companions are represented (for the most part). This is great and I'm glad for it. While most people can just borrow from the bestiary, it was nice to have the ones that naturally don't start at a smaller size being made smaller in this set.</p>
<p>6. There is a mini for just about everyone.</p>
<p>Now with that in mind, let's get to the negatives.</p>
<p>1. Almost none of the titles of these pawns match the respective image. No, I don't mean they mixed them up. They were titled the same in the NPC Codex hardback too. Ignore this, if you can. I'm considering just putting the minis in order of race to eliminate this problem.</p>
<p>2. The pawns are indeed not fully cut like the Bestiary was. You can use pretty much any knife to solve this issue.</p>
<p>3. Some of the pawns are cut off at the weapon, which isn't cool. The images could have been shrank a bit more to accommodate at least a portion of them. This is glaring in the animals as well. The dog should not be bigger than the leopard. And dogs need butts too.</p>
<p>4. Lighting. I'm unsure if it's simply due to the shrinking of the images or poor printing, but some of these minis are quite literally black shapes with little art. This rankled me at first, but I've resolved that they have become the Dark Folk. Thus my purchase is still justified.</p>
<p>5. The obvious gnomes look like they are straight out of wonderland. This is not ok.</p>
<p>All in all, I'm glad I purchased this from amazon for about 12 dollars less. The pawns don't justify the 39.99 price tag. But for 27.99 and free shipping they do.</p>
<p>P.S. With all of that in mind, there is one mini that just stands out fantastically. The Knight (aristocrat npc pic) is glorious and should be used for any male human full plate warrior. They should have made more.</p>
<p>P.P.S. After punching them out and attempting to re-sort them into the frames it has dawned on me that not all frames are punched out in the exact same shape. So I have purchased Business Card slip sheets and they work fantastically for the large and medium pawns. The small pawns luckily will fit back in their frames (and for longevity sake, put the smooth side DOWN in the smooth from so they slide off each other instead of raking the cardboard). With that done, I have a final total</p>
<p>Halflings-39
<br />
Gnomes-35
<br />
Humans-168
<br />
Half-Orcs-51
<br />
Half-Elves-48
<br />
Elves-40
<br />
Dwarves-48
<br />
Animals-25</p>
<p>As you can see, there is a good variety for everyone. I've based these numbers on the races listed for the entries from the NPC Codex pdf.</p>Icaste Fyrbawl2013-08-21T17:27:11ZPathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box: Somewhat disappointing (3 stars)Arikielhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8x1f?Pathfinder-Pawns-NPC-Codex-Box2013-07-21T00:00:41Z<p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>I love pawns so I had to get this but there were a few things I found rather disappointing.</p>
<p>First of all some of the sheets weren't punched through all the way. So before I got the hang of removing them just so several of the pawns didn't come free cleanly. Bits of the outer coating would remain attached to the frame and peal away from the backs of the pawns. Just be very careful when removing them. I'd recommend tracing over the cut lines with an exacto knife before you damage your new pawns.</p>
<p>The other part that I thought was a let down is the art distribution. Individually most of the art is just fine. When I separated them out by race and gender I was in for a real let down. The half-orc and dwarf gender ratio is extremely off balance. Females are out numbered by males about four to one. Of course there's lots of elven and and half-elven women depicted. To me this is about the same as when women's magazines are full of anorexic white girls. With just the occasional chubby girl or racial minority thrown in because they feel they're forced to put some in. Ya we've managed to take a step away from the chain mail bikini but we've still got a long way to go it seems. :/</p><p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>I love pawns so I had to get this but there were a few things I found rather disappointing.</p>
<p>First of all some of the sheets weren't punched through all the way. So before I got the hang of removing them just so several of the pawns didn't come free cleanly. Bits of the outer coating would remain attached to the frame and peal away from the backs of the pawns. Just be very careful when removing them. I'd recommend tracing over the cut lines with an exacto knife before you damage your new pawns.</p>
<p>The other part that I thought was a let down is the art distribution. Individually most of the art is just fine. When I separated them out by race and gender I was in for a real let down. The half-orc and dwarf gender ratio is extremely off balance. Females are out numbered by males about four to one. Of course there's lots of elven and and half-elven women depicted. To me this is about the same as when women's magazines are full of anorexic white girls. With just the occasional chubby girl or racial minority thrown in because they feel they're forced to put some in. Ya we've managed to take a step away from the chain mail bikini but we've still got a long way to go it seems. :/</p>Arikiel2013-07-21T00:00:41ZPathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box (3 stars)Kalganihttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8x1f?Pathfinder-Pawns-NPC-Codex-Box2013-07-11T14:20:26Z<p>I like the set, many many (N)PC´s are now availible, but I can also complete understand Steve Geddes disappointment. Out of the reasons he has written.</p>
<p>The redunancy is not my problem, for me it is that ther is for example not ONE pawn with a double-bladed-sword as weapon. When I put 300 Pawns in a box, I would expect to see every single weapon in one or another form, instead there are about 200 longsword/rapier blades inside.</p>
<p>Antoher point with is a little disappointing to me is the dark printing. This is not a problem only from the Codex Box, but for all pawns I have seen so far (Beginners Box, Bestiary Box, RotR pawns & Pirates AP pawns). They are all a bit to dark from the printing. Would be nice if you could change this for future pawns.</p>
<p>A suggestion for the next set: PLease put in some more Elementals, there are much to less of them. (I got the 5 mentioned Pawns set and only ONE water elemental :( )</p><p>I like the set, many many (N)PC´s are now availible, but I can also complete understand Steve Geddes disappointment. Out of the reasons he has written.</p>
<p>The redunancy is not my problem, for me it is that ther is for example not ONE pawn with a double-bladed-sword as weapon. When I put 300 Pawns in a box, I would expect to see every single weapon in one or another form, instead there are about 200 longsword/rapier blades inside.</p>
<p>Antoher point with is a little disappointing to me is the dark printing. This is not a problem only from the Codex Box, but for all pawns I have seen so far (Beginners Box, Bestiary Box, RotR pawns & Pirates AP pawns). They are all a bit to dark from the printing. Would be nice if you could change this for future pawns.</p>
<p>A suggestion for the next set: PLease put in some more Elementals, there are much to less of them. (I got the 5 mentioned Pawns set and only ONE water elemental :( )</p>Kalgani2013-07-11T14:20:26ZPathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box: Disappointing (2 stars)Steve Geddeshttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8x1f?Pathfinder-Pawns-NPC-Codex-Box2013-07-01T06:01:02Z<p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>I'm a big fan of pawns and if this were the only (or first) item in the product line, I'd have marked it higher. Given there are a bunch of sets out now, though, I feel this has a number of disappointing aspects.</p>
<p>The primary issue I have is selection of multiple figures - four cutthroat lawyers and only one horse, six buccaneers despite the existence of the skulls and shackles set. No doubt this depends on ones game style, but are there that many campaigns where a second or third horse would be redundant and where two lawyers would be a glaring shortfall?</p>
<p>Some of the names rankled as well (although I concede that's purely a cosmetic issue, it nonetheless prevented me from filing them in alphabetical order, as I'd prefer to do). Toothy transmuter? :/</p>
<p>I'd also have preferred there to be no included bases (now that they're available separately). It makes the box bigger than it needs to be and, for those of us using freight companies who utilise volume in addition to weight when determining shipping charges, that amounts to an additional cost for things we already have (or can get easily).</p>
<p>I'd give it two and a half stars if I could. I've marked it down based on comparisons with the other sets (which are far better executed, in my opinion).</p><p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>I'm a big fan of pawns and if this were the only (or first) item in the product line, I'd have marked it higher. Given there are a bunch of sets out now, though, I feel this has a number of disappointing aspects.</p>
<p>The primary issue I have is selection of multiple figures - four cutthroat lawyers and only one horse, six buccaneers despite the existence of the skulls and shackles set. No doubt this depends on ones game style, but are there that many campaigns where a second or third horse would be redundant and where two lawyers would be a glaring shortfall?</p>
<p>Some of the names rankled as well (although I concede that's purely a cosmetic issue, it nonetheless prevented me from filing them in alphabetical order, as I'd prefer to do). Toothy transmuter? :/</p>
<p>I'd also have preferred there to be no included bases (now that they're available separately). It makes the box bigger than it needs to be and, for those of us using freight companies who utilise volume in addition to weight when determining shipping charges, that amounts to an additional cost for things we already have (or can get easily).</p>
<p>I'd give it two and a half stars if I could. I've marked it down based on comparisons with the other sets (which are far better executed, in my opinion).</p>Steve Geddes2013-07-01T06:01:02ZPathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box: SOLD! (5 stars)Lazarohttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8x1f?Pathfinder-Pawns-NPC-Codex-Box2013-06-22T08:29:30Z<p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>I received mine this evening, and boy do my players and I love it. They descended on it and immediately picked out new pawns that fit their characters.</p>
<p>On top of that it huge, at least to me it is, and gives me a pretty good assortment of NPCs to throw at my players :)). It was well worth the money!</p><p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>I received mine this evening, and boy do my players and I love it. They descended on it and immediately picked out new pawns that fit their characters.</p>
<p>On top of that it huge, at least to me it is, and gives me a pretty good assortment of NPCs to throw at my players :)). It was well worth the money!</p>Lazaro2013-06-22T08:29:30ZPathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box: So much more cost-effective than minis that it ain’t even funny (4 stars)My Little Metroidhttps://paizo.com/products/btpy8x1f?Pathfinder-Pawns-NPC-Codex-Box2013-06-19T23:36:37Z<p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>You’ll never need any minis for the guards, townsfolk, soldiers or about any humanoid that features in your campaign’s combat if you got this box. There’s more than enough variety to have all enemies well represented with similar-looking folks and half of them have repeats helpfully coded by tag color.</p>
<p>I’d give it a 4.5 rating as my only complaints are minor: it should include a couple of large bases to go with the large pawns, and I think it would be more useful if it had included a handful more horses and other animals that are likely to be involved in combat.</p><p><b>Pathfinder Pawns: NPC Codex Box</b></p><p>You’ll never need any minis for the guards, townsfolk, soldiers or about any humanoid that features in your campaign’s combat if you got this box. There’s more than enough variety to have all enemies well represented with similar-looking folks and half of them have repeats helpfully coded by tag color.</p>
<p>I’d give it a 4.5 rating as my only complaints are minor: it should include a couple of large bases to go with the large pawns, and I think it would be more useful if it had included a handful more horses and other animals that are likely to be involved in combat.</p>My Little Metroid2013-06-19T23:36:37Z