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Okay, so based upon reading other PbP Gameday posts (and judging by Gunari's disappointment), the boons are only awarded on the roll of a 1-3 or a 20 (where you get to choose).
For interest's sake (and for Cyrus), the boons are:
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1) Adopted Weapon Training
2) Ancestral Ally
3) Custom Order
Adopted Weapon Training: You have spent an extended period of time training in a culture other than your own, and as a result, you have learned that population’s weapon styles to the exclusion of all others. You gain the weapon familiarity racial trait of one of the following races: dwarf, elf, gnome, halfling, or half-orc. This specialization comes at a price, and you suffer a –1 penalty on attack rolls made with manufactured weapons other than those granted by any weapon familiarity racial traits you possess. You ignore this penalty when using a weapon that benefits from any Weapon Focus feat or weapon training class feature you may have.
Ancestral Ally: Golarion’s many cultures have traditions of animal husbandry and cooperation that date back millennia, and you have embraced one of your people’s favored companion creatures. If you have the divine bond or mount class feature, instead of choosing an animal companion from the list provided in the class description, you may instead call a mount from the list below so long as you are a member of the corresponding race. If the animal companion statistics for your race’s mount are found in a source beyond the Core Assumption, the source is listed below. You must bring a copy of the listed book to all games in which you use the selected animal companion as though access to the animal companion came from the Additional Resources list.
If an asterisk follows an animal companion option listed below, the animal already appears on the list provided by your class description, and you are at least 4th-level, you may spend 5 Prestige Points to strengthen your bond with that type of animal. This increases your effective druid level as one higher when determining the animal companion’s bonus HD, natural armor bonus, Strength and Dexterity bonuses, bonus tricks, and special abilities. This boon cannot increase your effective druid level more than one level above your actual character level.
Dwarf: badger*, boar
Elf: bird*, elk (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 3)
Gnome: badger*, giant weasel (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 4)
Halfling: dog*, ram (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 2)
Half-Elf: A half-elf may choose from the elf and human lists.
Half-Orc: camel*, bear; a half-orc may also choose from the human list.
Human: bird*, horse*
Custom Order: You have a special contract with an ammunition crafter, and you are able to order small batches of specialty ammunition as a result. Choose either a +1 or +2 ranged weapon enchantment. You may purchase +1 pieces of ammunition in sets of 10 instead of sets of 50. Once you choose the weapon enchantment, you may only change the enchantment type by spending 4 Prestige Points.
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... then again "Boon of players choice on a natural roll of 1 or 20", so... what does a 1) mean, then? Waiting for the VC to answer before I report.
Major bummer. I'll try do better with the rolls next time. ;-) BTW: GM has to make the rolls.
I'll close this thread down soon.
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Sooooo.... Do I get to use this book on any character of mine? Cuz it would be awesome for my halfling cavalier... Otherwise it seems kind of useless for Cyrus... Unless I am missing something. Yay though! :)
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What book? Oh, autocorrect. Looks like you didn't get the boon, I'm afraid. Sorry - I misread things.
Major bummer the way they're doing it.
Boons can typically be applied to any character.
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I'm confused... You only get the boon if you roll a 1 or 20? Bummer, that would have been awesome...
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Seems to be the case. Major bummer. Very tight of them, I say!
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Seems to be the case. Major bummer. Very tight of them, I say!
Well, it's not like this game is completely made up in our heads or anything. I'm sure there are a finite number of tangible, physical boons to give out, and we don't want to flood the boon market...
Maybe one day unisef will get into the boon industry, but until then....
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GM Damo wrote: Seems to be the case. Major bummer. Very tight of them, I say! Well, it's not like this game is completely made up in our heads or anything. I'm sure there are a finite number of tangible, physical boons to give out, and we don't want to flood the boon market... Maybe one day unisef will get into the boon industry, but until then....
Bahahahahaha!
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Disregarding the lack of challenge, I think this was a nice, moody scenario. Although it seems we have to thank our GM for that (good job, Damien!), and not necessarily the scenario. Still, we can thank the author for providing a good framework :)
BTW, you Lovecraft lovers... There is one scenario in season 5 where you get quite a lovecraftian boon. But I don't tell you which ;)
And Finarin, give good old H.P. a second chance. I read most of his work in my youth, and read some of them again 1-2 years back. Don't know which would be a good story to start... Maybe Mountains of Madness?
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Disregarding the lack of challenge, I think this was a nice, moody scenario. Although it seems we have to thank our GM for that (good job, Damien!), and not necessarily the scenario. Still, we can thank the author for providing a good framework.
Aye! I completely agree. Well done GM Damo!
BTW, you Lovecraft lovers... There is one scenario in season 5 where you get quite a lovecraftian boon. But I don't tell you which ;)
Please tell, so I can push to have this added to our queue coming up!
And Finarin, give good old H.P. a second chance. I read most of his work in my youth, and read some of them again 1-2 years back. Don't know which would be a good story to start... Maybe Mountains of Madness?
I agree that some of his writing is worth giving another shot. Not all the stories are gems, but there are some very, very cool ones. If I had to make a suggestion for someone's first story to read, although it's on the longer side as far as lovecraft stories are concerned, would be Shadows Over Innsmouth.
Mountains of Madness is actually my favorite. Perhaps not the best starting place, but very informative on the whole "Cthulhu Mythos" and style that other authors have followed when continuing his works.