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Excluding really rare ones like goblin, assassin, android and other charity auctions, what is the current pecking order for race boons? (Yes, this can be highly subjective but I wanted a general idea.)
Are there some non-race boons that would be elevate to higher status from their non-race boon compatriots? (Thinking things like extra trait and replay)
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Fwiw, I don't think there were more than 20-30 people around cleaning up after the GM meeting on sunday, so it's currently one of the rarer boons around.And here I turned down my own and gave away my tier 1 GM boon. Guess I just don't know the value of a good boon.
TRUST THUNDERLIPS!, ITS NOT JUST BOONS YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT!
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Fwiw, I don't think there were more than 20-30 people around cleaning up after the GM meeting on sunday, so it's currently one of the rarer boons around.And here I turned down my own and gave away my tier 1 GM boon. Guess I just don't know the value of a good boon.
Meh, I'm guessing a few more than that prolly got handed out, but not sure.
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For me my tier list is a combination of rarity and the power of the race:
Tier 1: Skinwalker, Samsaran, Vanara(rarity only)
Tier 2: Dhampir, Ratfolk
Tier 3: Grippli, Changeling (This was GM Tier 4 and 5 this year right? A huge drop from Tier 2 last year)
Tier 4: Vishkanya, Suli, Aasimar, Tiefling (Ganzi doesn't have much support but feels unique. The outsiders are strong enough that they aren't completely devalued from the grandfathering.)
Tier 5: Ifrit, Undine, Slyph, Oread (demand for super Suli is there but these were available for an extended period of time and are now legal races)
Tier 6: Kitsune, Nagaji, and Wayang (have been legal without a boon for an extended period of time)
Anything else is unique / incredibly rare so doesn't quite fit this ranking.
This is obviously all opinion and others might not agree.
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For those of you curious about the wording of the boon Glutton for Punishment, it says,
"You gain a pool of replay (or "re-GM") credit that you can allocate to yourself or any participant at your table. If someone earns credit for an adventure in this way, simply check one of the boxes below, make a note of having used this boon on his or her Chronicle sheet, and have fun. After all, you dedicated your free time to help the campaign, so use this to make the most of your next chance to play.
Just please be mindful of using this to give anyone repeated replays of adventures with very powerful rewards
There are 10 boxes on the sheet.
There were a lot of people who helped out at Gencon getting things set up and several of us that helped with takedown.
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For those of you curious about the wording of the boon Glutton for Punishment, it says,
"You gain a pool of replay (or "re-GM") credit that you can allocate to yourself or any participant at your table. If someone earns credit for an adventure in this way, simply check one of the boxes below, make a note of having used this boon on his or her Chronicle sheet, and have fun. After all, you dedicated your free time to help the campaign, so use this to make the most of your next chance to play.
They need more things like this. We have at least 1 GM who is down to his last 3-5 games that he can play and/or run for credit until the season 8 stuff comes out. He is a great guy to have at the table, but doesn't come around as much because he can't. I hope something is in the works for our more seasoned GMs.
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Venture-Captain, Minnesota
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I can see the appeal of Glutton for Punishment! You know somone you want to play a scenario with, and they have the perfect character and bring tons of fun to the table. But they don't have a GM stars refresh boon and they've already played it.
"Here, come play with us! I can make this happen."
Oh, that's LOVELY. Finally, a boon that allows us not only to Explore and Report, but also to Cooperate!
Even better that it was given out to those kind souls who cleaned up after GenCon! We need more of this kind of "Help a friend" boon in society.
Hmm
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Joe, what's the exact language on boon? Didn't get a. Chance to see it. (The actual boon. Not the title/tier)
Summary is it gives 10 replays for you or your friends, that go above and beyond normal replay rules. To be fair, I don't see many people getting rid of theirs without a fairly significant reason. (other than apparently Jon Dehning). From what I heard they were given to volunteers who braved the heat of the Sag for set-up/tear down and a few others. I'd be very hard pressed to trade mine away.
Venture-Captain, California—San Francisco Bay Area North & East
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Oh, wow. Vanara.
I'd commit orphanopyromancy for that one.
Haven't decided if I'm keeping mine as Vanara or dropping it down to skinwalker. Only thing that seems interesting about Vanara is the climb speed and swift action item retrieval.
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The GM Star refresh boons are giving out for the seasonal GM boons. Last year it was the Aasimar/Tiefling/Vishkanya set or Expanded Narrative.
I imagine Tonya, John and Linda will continue that trend with the new GM race boons plus Expanded Narrative as an option.
I think we spent 4 hours (?) packing up all the wall hangings, giant banners, packing up the pallets and everything else that goes into taking the Sagamore apart. Luckily Paizo had a much better plan for the banners and a lot more volunteers this year.
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Extra TraitAre we talking the boon that gives you one of 6 or so specific traits that requires a lvl 12+ mentor, or is there a different "extra traits" boon?It's flat out "Extra Trait."
You get an Extra Trait.
I don't believe it's been in circulation since about 2012.
There was also at least one version that lets you take an extra trait on a new PC, but it has to come from a specific book. In the case of the one I have, it was from the Dragon Empires Primer. I think there may have been a similar one from another book, but I'm not sure.
But those had different names. As I understand it, "Extra Trait" is exactly that.
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Venture-Lieutenant, Finland—Tampere
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Extra TraitAre we talking the boon that gives you one of 6 or so specific traits that requires a lvl 12+ mentor, or is there a different "extra traits" boon?It's flat out "Extra Trait."
You get an Extra Trait.
I don't believe it's been in circulation since about 2012.
There was also at least one version that lets you take an extra trait on a new PC, but it has to come from a specific book. In the case of the one I have, it was from the Dragon Empires Primer. I think there may have been a similar one from another book, but I'm not sure.
But those had different names. As I understand it, "Extra Trait" is exactly that.
I seem to recall there was one that allowed you to pick an extra trait from the Mummy's Mask campaign guide, but I don't remember what its name was.
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All the Extra Traits I've gotten in the past have been 2012, haven't found one in the last year. So my next character might go Extra Trait-less ;-(
I've seen a few extra traits (with restrictions) since then. At least one multi-table special gave one, the PaizoCon boons often given access to campaign traits (2014 was Mummy's Mask and 2015 Giantslayer - don't remember others), One scenario gives access to a faction trait. I don't think there's been a full extra trait since then though.
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All the Extra Traits I've gotten in the past have been 2012, haven't found one in the last year. So my next character might go Extra Trait-less ;-(I've seen a few extra traits (with restrictions) since then. At least one multi-table special gave one, the PaizoCon boons often given access to campaign traits (2014 was Mummy's Mask and 2015 Giantslayer - don't remember others), One scenario gives access to a faction trait. I don't think there's been a full extra trait since then though.
One of the specials at 2014 Gen Con had that. It actually made me make my -3 to apply it properly.