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Aw c'mon, I like the goblin modules. These are really entertaining. Have you played one of them? I can tell you they are good and the goblin characters are actually very cool.I don't play as monsters. I don't even play with groups whose PC's are evil aligned. I'll tolerant a friend playing a PC that's Lawful Neutral or even Chaotic Neutral but not evil aligned and certainly not evil aligned monsters. I only play with heroes or adventures with at least some decent morals.
I agree with much of what you said, I find CN a trying alignment to game with, or GM for, but their is a difference between a campaign and a one off scenario. And playing ,ad cap, pyromaniac bibliophobes for four hours is a light hearted break,that usually has us snorting with laughter.
The scenarios to date have been cleverly written to avoid more unsavoury acts, your not out killing babies, or partaking in canablaism,just being the tribal heroes of crazy town. It's just good silly fun.
Will there be a PFS Chronicle sheet and pregens available to print out prior to Free RPG Day again? I am running three tables of this that day, and it would be nice to have the pregens all ready to go instead of having to find a copy machine.
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Will there be a PFS Chronicle sheet and pregens available to print out prior to Free RPG Day again? I am running three tables of this that day, and it would be nice to have the pregens all ready to go instead of having to find a copy machine.
Supposedly we should see them a few days before hand. So, maybe next Wednesday.
Still waiting on our store to get them. Distributor has said it's shipped, but likely won't get there before next Thursday. *sigh*
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Will it be possible for Game Coordinators to download the game in advance on next weekend? Sure it's great to get the free module on game day but it's even nicer to prep it in advance.
No.
Your participating FLGS can let you have a hard copy ahead of time to prep (they should have received it by now). But other than that the rules of Free RPG Day prevent anybody (including Paizo) from making either physical copies or PDFs generally available until July 1st.
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Will it be possible for Game Coordinators to download the game in advance on next weekend? Sure it's great to get the free module on game day but it's even nicer to prep it in advance.No.
Your participating FLGS can let you have a hard copy ahead of time to prep (they should have received it by now). But other than that the rules of Free RPG Day prevent anybody (including Paizo) from making either physical copies or PDFs generally available until July 1st.
Mine hasn't gotten theirs yet. The distributor keeps saying it got sent, but nothing's showed up. He gets a shipment without fail, every Thursday. It'll be tight but we're hoping it comes in then. If so, I'll have just over a day to prep.
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any word when the chronicle sheets will come out? I'm running multiple sessions at my FLGS and one will be an intro to society for new players.I typically write/develop the Chronicle sheets for a Free RPG Day product in early June and release the sanctioning document about a week before the event.
yay!
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Gaah I don't have a store that bothers with Free RPG Day (free comic day they do) anymore, so I will be definitely buying this on July 1st (actual book cause I have the other two :D)
Although, I can double check they might be doing it this year... what day is it?
Eeek, okay Boom Comics it says participates... hope they ordered from you! Eeek!
Chronicle sheet and rules for running this module are now available for download in the product description.
Love the chronicle, especially the "Mnarrrr!" :) Well done!
Now I just need to photocopy the character sheets for Goblin shenanigans on Sat...
-TimD
Sweet can't wait for the Insanity
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I am looking into getting your question answered, but for right now, I am asking that people don't upload files for sharing.
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As I prep this module for Free RPG day, I find that there are errors in the character builds for the pregens.
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When preping modules like this can we correct issues like this?
In the first two adventures he used that weapon too. Not sure how he gets around it, but it's been like that from the start (4 years ago). There's no correcting necessary even if there should be.
Sigh, greeeaaattt...another goblin module for Free RPG Day...(rolls eyes).
Not happy with a free RPG module? I bet your table is a barrel of laughs.
Geez.
ROLLS EYES.
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Sigh, greeeaaattt...another goblin module for Free RPG Day...(rolls eyes).Not happy with a free RPG module? I bet your table is a barrel of laughs.
Geez.
ROLLS EYES.
It's not that it's a free RPG module, but a goblin one. My PFS table's no different. It was one where they could use their own characters, not unoptimized pregens, then they wouldn't have any arguments. As such, if a scenario requires a pregen, they'll skip it. If there are no available scenarios to play at their level and they have to play a pregen, they'll go home instead, but not before loudly complaining about it. It's pretty standard at this point.
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Free RPG Day is not a Paizo event, and in particular it is not a PFS event. The target audience for this module is not regular PFS players with a stable of characters already - it is aimed at players who may not even have played Pathfinder before, but who may be prepared to try something new on Free RPG Day.
In the last two stores where I've GMed Free RPG Day scenarios the store owners each asked that priority seating be given to new walk-ins. A table of the same old PFS players, complaining loudly, would not be welcome, and could make the store less willing to host PFS.
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@kevin_video: I personally find it fun to sometimes play a character that someone else has built and see how much I can get into the character. It sucks that your group doesn't share that.
If the Aspis Consortium special (Serpents Rise?) ever gets played in your area, try to convince your players to give it a shot. It might change their minds about pregens.... :)
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As I prep this module for Free RPG day, I find that there are errors in the character builds for the pregens.
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When preping modules like this can we correct issues like this?
I would not change Chuffy's attack bonus.
You are correct that he is not proficient with a dogslicer, and it's a little curious that goblins don't have a Goblin Weapon Familiarity racial trait—probably a result of no goblin weapons appearing in the Core Rulebook or Bestiary. That said, I wouldn't worry about it. The dogslicer is almost identical to a short sword from a mechanical standpoint, and basic versions even have the fragile weapon property. Changing up Chuffy's proficiencies would be something I would want to do all the way back to the original We Be Goblins four years ago, and at this point I would rather he have the attack bonus that he's supposed to with an iconic weapon that isn't granting him any particular benefits.
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I'm also curious about PP for GMs.... if I'm running the game on Free RPG Day, does the character I apply the credit to get the extra PP as if he/she were one of the characters playing? Or does he/she need to fulfill one of the other requirements?
Anyone participating in the event on Free RPG Day 2015—as a player or a GM—qualifies for the Prestigious Goblin boon whether or not she meets any of the other conditions.
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I'm also curious about PP for GMs.... if I'm running the game on Free RPG Day, does the character I apply the credit to get the extra PP as if he/she were one of the characters playing? Or does he/she need to fulfill one of the other requirements?Anyone participating in the event on Free RPG Day 2015—as a player or a GM—qualifies for the Prestigious Goblin boon whether or not she meets any of the other conditions.
Awesome, thanks John!
Just got my hands on my copy to GM Prep, and all i can say is awesome! Good job guys.
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So, another Venture Officer, Lucas, and I built a few more pregens (and he made them look AMAZING!). I think you guys might enjoy using them in your games. Keep in mind, these two pregens are NOT PFS legal! But if you're playing a game of We Be Goblins Free! and don't want to worry about PFS credit, you can use these!
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Too bad our local (Denver Area) venture officers are too busy running their own con to coordinate ANY sessions of We Be Goblins or ANY PFS scenarios.
Except, you know, at their own very special little convention... that they're letting languish and canceling tables. Gotta love that.
That definitely sounds like something you should take up with your local Venture Captain, or if he/she is not being helpful, you could e-mail Mike Brock. He's always willing to help when it's needed.
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Too bad our local (Denver Area) venture officers are too busy running their own con to coordinate ANY sessions of We Be Goblins or ANY PFS scenarios.
Except, you know, at their own very special little convention... that they're letting languish and canceling tables. Gotta love that.
Is there something keeping anyone who isnt a VC (such as yourself) from organizing and/or running tables at your local stores, since the VC is busy organizing the convention?
Any updates on the Goblin Pregens?
Seconded. Come on guys, this should be a surprise.
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Too bad our local (Denver Area) venture officers are too busy running their own con to coordinate ANY sessions of We Be Goblins or ANY PFS scenarios.
Except, you know, at their own very special little convention...
Unless they are the owners of retail stores, they can't, you know.
The Free RPG Day stuff is an agreement between the vendors and Impressions publishing. NO ONE can run Free RPG Day stuff unless the kit is purchased (which is very costly). Even Paizo cannot violate the agreement they have with Impressions. Check back through past Free RPG Day modules and you will see comments to that effect direct from Paizo employees.
Being a retail store myself - in Denver by the way - I can assure you that I would be running the product that is in that kit, if it was worthwhile. Without decent participation from major vendors like Wizards of the Coast and Fantasy Flight Games, spending the money on the kits this year wasn't worthwhile at all. So, frankly, if you're upset that there isn't anywhere in Denver running WBGFree, you should be upset with me. But if you want to be upset with me, I'm going to send you to Impressions to lobby on my behalf: get the price of that kit lower (a LOT lower), or get the product offered within to be significantly better and I will once again purchase the kits.
Is there something keeping anyone who isnt a VC (such as yourself) from organizing and/or running tables at your local stores, since the VC is busy organizing the convention?
Free RPG Day is a program that retailers have to pay to participate in. Retailers have to buy a kit, from the Free RPG Day company, that includes free product they have to give away. Buying the kit also gets the retailer advertised as official participants on the Free RPG Day website.
Paizo or PFS has no control over Free RPG Day except possibly choosing what material to donate to be giveaways. If a retailer doesn't buy into Free RPG Day no one at that store can run the events.
But the retailers that are participating could have anyone running this stuff for them. Being able to report the games for PFS credit is a bonus, but not a guarantee.
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Without decent participation from major vendors like Wizards of the Coast and Fantasy Flight Games, spending the money on the kits this year wasn't worthwhile at all.
Though I am surprised that Fantasy Flight Games did not participate, I think this is the first time in awhile, has Wizards of the Coast ever participated in free rpg day?
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Is there something keeping anyone who isnt a VC (such as yourself) from organizing and/or running tables at your local stores, since the VC is busy organizing the convention?Free RPG Day is a program that retailers have to pay to participate in. Retailers have to buy a kit, from the Free RPG Day company, that includes free product they have to give away. Buying the kit also gets the retailer advertised as official participants on the Free RPG Day website.
Paizo or PFS has no control over Free RPG Day except possibly choosing what material to donate to be giveaways. If a retailer doesn't buy into Free RPG Day no one at that store can run the events.
But the retailers that are participating could have anyone running this stuff for them. Being able to report the games for PFS credit is a bonus, but not a guarantee.
And in Canada, that kit costs $160. Only three retailers are even remotely willing to buy the kicks in our entire province, and that's only because we advertise just enough for them to almost break even on the purchase. Everyone else refuses because they don't get enough back.