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Pathfinder Pawns: Rise of the Runelords Pawn Collection

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Key monsters and NPCs from the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path come alive on your tabletop with the Pathfinder RPG Rise of the Runelords Pawn Collection, featuring more than 100 creature pawns for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game or any tabletop fantasy RPG! Printed on sturdy cardstock, each pawn presents a beautiful full-color image of a monster or NPC from the Rise of the Runelords campaign, including goblins, dragons, giants, ogres, and dozens of unique NPCs also suitable for representing player characters. Designed for use with the Pathfinder RPG Bestiary Box, each cardstock pawn slots into a size-appropriate plastic base from that collection—making them easy to mix with traditional metal or plastic miniatures—and supplements that set’s creatures, together providing pawns for nearly every Rise of the Runelords encounter. With multiple pawns for commonly encountered foes and tons of distinct creature images, the Pathfinder RPG Rise of the Runelords Pawn Collection brings the enemies and allies of Pathfinder’s original campaign alive like never before!

In addition to being part of the Pathfinder Pawns Subscription, Pathfinder Adventure Path subscribers who preorder this set will receive a free PDF edition of this product when the print edition ships. (Note that you will need to have an active Pawns or AP subscription at the time the Pawn Collection ships in order to receive the PDF for free.)

Note: This product does not include bases. It is intended for use with the bases found in the Pathfinder RPG Bestiary Box.

ISBN 978-1-60125-574-7

Rise of the Runelords Pawn Collection Set List

The enemies and allies of the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path surge to life on your tabletop! Each has its own identification number for easy sorting. The Rise of the Runelords Pawn Collection includes:

Small (and Smaller)
1  Carrion Storm (4)
2  Enga Keckvia		 3  Goblin Commando (3)
4  Goblin Warchanter		 5  Goblin Warrior (10)
6  Gogmurt		 7  Rat Swarm (8)
8  Redcap (5)
Medium
9  Aldern Foxglove
10  Ameiko Kaijitsu
11  Azaven
12  The Black Monk
13  Bruthazmus
14  Clockwork Librarian
15  Ghoul (3)
16  Goblin Commando on Goblin Dog
17  Goblin Dog (4)
18  Grayst Sevilla
19  Highlady Athroxis		 20  Iesha Foxglove
21  Jakardros Sovark
22  Jordimandus
23  Justice Ironbriar
24  Karivek Vekker
25  Karzoug the Claimer
26  Kaven Windstrike
27  Khalib
28  Korvus
29  Lamatar Bayden
30  Lucrecia		 31  Lyrie Akenja
32  Mammy Graul
33  The Mithral Mage
34  Myriana
35  Nualia
36  Ogrekin (3)
37  Orik Vancaskerkin
38  The Scribbler
39  Shalelu Andosana
40  Sinspawn (2)
41  Sinspawn Axeman (6)		 42  Skinsaw Cultist (4)
43  The Skinsaw Man
44  Svevenka
45  Tsuto Kaijitsu
46  Vale Temros
47  Viorian Dekanti
48  Vraxeris
49  Warchief Ripnugget
50  Xyoddin Xerriock
51  Yeth Hound
Large
52  Conna the Wise
53  Deathweb (3)
54  Dire Bear (2)
55  Ettin
56  Forgefiend
57  Frost Giant		 58  Galenmir
59  Grazuul
60  The Headless Lord
61  Hill Giant (3)
62  Jaagrath Kreeg
63  Lamia (3)		 64  Lamia Matriarch
65  Mokmurian
66  Ogre (4)
67  Ogre Fighter (3)
68  Runeslave Hill Giant (2)
69  Stone Giant (5)		 70  Teraktinus
71  Troll (3)
72  Wyvern (2)
73  Yeti (5)
74  Young Red Dragon
Huge
75  Cloud Giant (3)
76  Lamia Hungerer (2)		 77  Leng Spider (3)
78  Lokansir		 79  Most High Ceoptra
80  Scarlet Walker (2)		 81  Storm Giant (3)

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High Quality, but Partial Coverage

3/5 —

MINOR SPOILERS FOR RISE OF THE RUNELORDS

If you don't know, "pawns" are double-sided images of monsters or NPCs printed on cardstock, designed to stand vertically with a plastic base that's the same size as the creature (so a Large-size monster with sit on a 2x2 base and its pawn will be bigger than a Small-size creature, for example). Pawns aren't as good as true three-dimensional miniatures, but they're a lot cheaper and are still better than simple flat tokens.

The Rise of the Runelords Pawn Collection contains around a hundred and fifty pawns with sizes ranging from Small all the way up to the Huge. The artwork for creatures and NPCs unique to the adventure path comes from the Anniversary Edition hardcover collection, and it's fantastic. The set also includes several pawns for creatures that appear in the AP but aren't unique to it, and the artwork for these pawns comes from the creature's Bestiary entry. Each pawn is numbered and labeled, and there's a list on the back, which makes sorting pretty easy (I use ziplock bags). The set *doesn't* come with bases, which is an important point for someone who doesn't have any other Paizo pawn sets.

The physical quality of the pawns is high. I'm writing this review at the halfway point of the AP, so I've used the set in about 50 sessions so far--all of the pawns are still in good shape, with no tears, bent corners, etc. They fit well with standard Paizo bases and are quite colorful.

Perhaps the most important thing to ask is how well simplify GM prep: in other words, are the pawns that are included of the right type and number to handle encounters in the AP? I'm at exactly the halfway point of the AP, so I think I have a pretty good sense of how much coverage there is, and my verdict would be: it's very hit or miss. The set is great on including pawns for "bosses" unique to the AP and some NPCs--as a rough guide, if there's a full colour illustration of the monster/NPC in the book, there's probably a pawn included in the set. For more normal encounters, however, the set is unpredictable and the choices made of what (and how many) to include of different creatures doesn't follow a consistent pattern. For example, the set comes with 8 rat swarms which is plenty for any encounter listed in the book, but doesn't come with any shadows and only 1 yeth hound which complicates planning for those encounters in Thistletop; it includes 4 ogre pawns, which sounds great, but there's an encounter in the Kreeg Clanhold with ten ogres simultaneously. Etc. I'm not complaining so much as trying to make it clear that owning this collection (even along with the Bestiary pawn box) doesn't mean that every pawn needed for the game will be at your fingertips: you're still going to have to make homemade tokens or cobble together substitutes for many encounters. In addition, the collection doesn't include any creatures that appear on the AP's random encounter tables (unless those creatures also appear in planned encounters).

In the end, I can give a partial endorsement to the collection. It contains enough to make it worthwhile, but not so much to make it a must-have.

A great set if you are adding to the Beginner Box

5/5 —

For a players who are just starting out, and may have the Beginner Box, this is a really great incremental augmentation to a growing pawn set, and is a very affordable, and exciting addition.

This Pawn set has the benefit of a good ratio: a handful of NPCs, Some good monsters, and cultists, a clutch of named characters including Karzoug. The medium monsters are mostly giants due to the ROTRL story path, and the huge monsters are giants and spiders. But, what this set has is Goblins Galore! C'mon! You need Goblins!

IN CASE ANYONE READING THIS DOESN'T KNOW: The ROTRL pawn set does not contain the core iconics! Valeros and the gang are in the "Pathfinder Pawns NPC Codex Box" (The Beginner Box includes Merisiel, Ezren, Valeros, and Kyra), and the Skulls and Shackles Iconics are in - wait for it - "The Pathfinder Pawns Inner Sea Pawn Box". Also, like the other reviews said, there are no bases.

Nice addition to the RotR campaign

4/5 —

I like the set a lot, even though i comes without bases. I have some bases from a completely different (board) game that I use until I get my hands on one of the Bestiary boxes.

The missing 5th star is because many of the drawings extends to much outside the actual figure IMHO.

waste of money

1/5 —

These are essentially useless unless you already own a Bestiary set, or feel like shelling out another 20-odd dollars for bases.

Missing pawns

3/5 —

this is a good set of pawns if you are planning on running the Rise of the Runelords adventure path but i cant help feeling disappointed on the exclusion of some minis (like the bunyip, Tangletooth(Gogmurt's pet),the rune giant, the goblin ghast)but it's still cheaper than minis

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Announced for June! Image is a mockup, and will change prior to publication.
Dark Archive
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Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

Cool more pawns.

SWEET!!!!

Very sweet, so happy to see that the pawns are going to be expanded upon.

Am noticing this product will be sans bases. Am wondering if this is going to become a theme for future adventure path pawn releases, and if so, would it be a possibility to order a bag or two of the bases, as sometimes, you just need to field a lot of stuff, and with just the set I have now I find myself running short on bases constantly.
Shadow Lodge
Pathfinder Rulebook, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

Where do I sign up?! Oh and WANT!
Liberty's Edge
Pathfinder Battles Case Subscriber; Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber

I am surprised about this, seems odd to have this and the Rise of the Runelords WizKids Mini
Liberty's Edge
Dragnmoon wrote:
I am surprised about this, seems odd to have this and the Rise of the Runelords WizKids Mini

A very cheap alternative. IMO options are a good thing, I don't think the pawns will cannibalize the miniature sales.

I'm not sure I like the product coming out sans bases, I hope bases will be an option for those interested.
Silver Crusade
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I never was going to buy the plastic minis, too expensive and take up too much room for my tastes. The pawns are nice and flat, and easy to store, it's a brilliant option and hope that we see these become a regular release at the end of each AP, along with map packs and item cards, it'll make running campaigns easy :-)
Liberty's Edge
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

Keep the pawns coming! Especially huge and larger creatures, the ones that would make unfeasibly big miniatures.
Dark Archive

So happy about this, preordered!!!

Nice. Alas, too late for my campaign though...
Dark Archive

Are these going to be double sided?
Shadow Lodge
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Eindridi wrote:
Are these going to be double sided?

Being that the original ones in the Begineer's Box are, I'm pretty sure these will be too

No bases = nearly epic fail

This bases costs only cents in production, so please be serious and put a bag of bases inside too.
Scarab Sages RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32
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Kalgani wrote:

No bases = nearly epic fail

This bases costs only cents in production, so please be serious and put a bag of bases inside too.

The Bases may cost cents to produce, but including them in the box means that the size of the box has to double in height. This will add quite a bit to the cost of the product, since boxes are a costly way of packaging. They are trying to keep the cost of the product down for the consumer.

Scarab Sages RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32

Now that you have both this and the Bestiary Box (and hopefully more Bestiary Boxes to come), what are the chances of having a Pawns Subscription? Or is this just going to be a one off to coincide with the RotRL Anniversary Hardcover?
flash_cxxi wrote:


The Bases may cost cents to produce, but including them in the box means that the size of the box has to double in height.

I doubt that.

Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber

It probably much more viable to offer a bag of bases as a separate product.
Scarab Sages RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32
Hyla wrote:
flash_cxxi wrote:


The Bases may cost cents to produce, but including them in the box means that the size of the box has to double in height.
I doubt that.

errr... Why? Did you get a Beginner Box? The bag that the Bases came in was just as thick as all of the unpressed Pawns put together.

Scarab Sages RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32
Zaister wrote:
It probably much more viable to offer a bag of bases as a separate product.

This would be what I would expect.

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Laschoni wrote:
Dragnmoon wrote:
I am surprised about this, seems odd to have this and the Rise of the Runelords WizKids Mini

A very cheap alternative. IMO options are a good thing, I don't think the pawns will cannibalize the miniature sales.

I think that it will have an impact on the mini sales, although whether that is a problem depends on the net profit that Paizo make on a set of pawns wrt a set of minis.

I almost canceled my pre-order for minis when the Bestiary Box was announced. I want to get that one first crate in to see the quality of the plastic minis and then I'll decide about future mini purchases. I'll be getting the pawns as they are released with no extra thought required.

Edit: Oh, on the topic of bases, I'm glad this doesn't have any. As an international customer, anything that decreases bulk and weight is appreciated.
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I am hoping they sell the bases, however. The more times you insert and remove something like this from the base, the looser it gets, until eventually it doesn't stay in the base.

I really want to insert the cardboard once and leave it, rather than continually swap out bases because I've got more pawns than bases.
Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber

Well, I wouldn't have the space to keep about 350 pawns all standing up somewhere all the time. I will store them in the boxes and add the bases as they are used.
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Note that adding more bases to the box will also increase the weight, which increases shipping costs (something that we've very much got in mind for our international customers).
Sovereign Court RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32, 2010 Top 8

Yea more pawns. While I don't want/need them, I'd glad their available for the people who do.

This is super-cool, very happy to see Paizo exploring this product space.
Silver Crusade
Pathfinder Adventure Path Subscriber

Want.

Very awesome. Thank you Paizo for keeping me from spending all of next June painting minis and in debt. :P
flash_cxxi wrote:
The Bases may cost cents to produce, but including them in the box means that the size of the box has to double in height. This will add quite a bit to the cost of the product, since boxes are a costly way of packaging. They are trying to keep the cost of the product down for the consumer.

You really want to tell that some bases will double the height of the box? don´t fool yourself!

Liz Courts wrote:
Note that adding more bases to the box will also increase the weight, which increases shipping costs (something that we've very much got in mind for our international customers).

in this case the volume weight is more important. and this wont rise too much with some bases inside. real weight is only considered when it higher than volume weight. But this happens only when have something like bigger metalparts (brake discs) in your box and not with some paperprints and plastic bases.

Kalgani wrote:


You really want to tell that some bases will double the height of the box? don´t fool yourself!

If the next available size box is double the current box, then yes, it will. Putting in another sheet of cardboard can double the box size if the current box is packed solid and you try to add anything more.

Lantern Lodge
Kalgani wrote:
You really want to tell that some bases will double the height of the box? don´t fool yourself!

I have the Beginner Box and it is easy to see how adding bases might double the size of the box. I think this is a good move by Paizo since they will undoubtedly eventually offer bases as a standalone item and anyone that starts to collect a number of these is going to go nuts with the number of bases they will eventually accumulate.

Paizo Employee Chief Creative Officer, Publisher
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A lot of people here (including Liz) are operating on partial information.

There is no "box" to this product at all. It's five sheets of pawns with a cover "wrap" similar to the GM Screen.

Adding bases would force us to put it into a box, and would probably raise the price by at least a couple of dollars.

We plan to sell bases separately. We haven't announced that yet because we haven't figured out the pricing, but yeah, there will be more bases available for those who want them.
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Erik Mona wrote:
We plan to sell bases separately. We haven't announced that yet because we haven't figured out the pricing, but yeah, there will be more bases available for those who want them.

Different sizes and colors of bases would be awesome.

Paizo Employee Chief Creative Officer, Publisher
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Completely agree. We are looking into it!

And sparkly ones too!

(oh, maybe that's just me)
Contributor
Erik Mona wrote:

A lot of people here (including Liz) are operating on partial information.

There is no "box" to this product at all. It's five sheets of pawns with a cover "wrap" similar to the GM Screen.

Adding bases would force us to put it into a box, and would probably raise the price by at least a couple of dollars.

We plan to sell bases separately. We haven't announced that yet because we haven't figured out the pricing, but yeah, there will be more bases available for those who want them.

Huzzah! New info! :D

If this does well, would there be plans to do one of these for the other APs, namely Kingmaker? :)

Personally, I'd love to see you guys work on both ends at the same time. So a Jade Regent or Skulls and Shackles set. That would also cut down the redundancy with the paper mini line. But in the end, I'll support it regardless.

Oh and for the people concerned about bases, I hope you are aware that a number of companies have already created the exact product you're looking for. Unless Paizo is planning on putting some Pathfinder spin on it, I'd think the bases that come with the Beginner Box or Bestiary Box should cover people's needs.

Just my two cents.

SOLD!
Liberty's Edge

Great idea at a perfect price. I am also sold!

Sold.

COOL! Even more pawns that gonna obay my power and rule!

One very imporant question.

Does the (The Hidden Beast CR 15 Male advanced dread vampire decapus) have its own pawn? PLEASE!!! (with the same art if possible as that's the most beautiful art in the world)

Spoiler:
Will this product include some of the much larger than normal critters like the Gargantuan rune giants? They are kind of a big deal in chapter six (pun intended).
Sincubus wrote:

COOL! Even more pawns that gonna obay my power and rule!

One very imporant question.

Does the (The Hidden Beast CR 15 Male advanced dread vampire decapus) have its own pawn? PLEASE!!! (with the same art if possible as that's the most beautiful art in the world)

I spoilered my post about what was in chapter six regarding critters and it might be a good idea for others not to do these kind of reveals also. Just saying.

Paizo Employee Chief Creative Officer, Publisher

Currently no (because Gargantuan creatures nearly demand their own sheet, skyrocketing prices), but we may revisit that as we assemble the set's contents.
Paizo Employee Chief Creative Officer, Publisher

Oh, and there are no Gargantuan bases in the Beginner Box, so that's another problem with really big dudes.

Ok. Thanks! Merry Christmas!
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Check out the part six paper minis, there are some very large minis that look great.
Liberty's Edge

No box? I was really hoping for a cool little box to store these :-/
A shoe box must do then

damn it. june? stop teasing. this is something i want to own tomorrow.
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