Pathfinder Monster Core Pawn Box

Announced for June! Product images and descriptions are not final and are subject to change.

PAWNS BAYBEE

I hope there will be smaller sets of pawns with just the new creatures introduced in the Monster Core series as I already have the pawn sets from the 3 Bestiaries.

Excellent! I'll definitely pick this up.

I hope there will be smaller sets of pawns with just the new creatures introduced in the Monster Core series as I already have the pawn sets from the 3 Bestiaries.

I'd be surprised if such a product were financially viable. However, just one pawn box has never been enough, especially for low level baddies. So I'm hoping that this + my 2E bestiary pawn box will be about perfect.

But for your sake, I hope I'm wrong and they do release a set of just the stuff that is new to Monster Core. ;-)

@Mika:

FYI this guy isn't showing up under accessories->pawns, but rather directly under accessories. Is that intentional?

itschase wrote:

I hope there will be smaller sets of pawns with just the new creatures introduced in the Monster Core series as I already have the pawn sets from the 3 Bestiaries.

I'd be surprised if such a product were financially viable. However, just one pawn box has never been enough, especially for low level baddies. So I'm hoping that this + my 2E bestiary pawn box will be about perfect.

But for your sake, I hope I'm wrong and they do release a set of just the stuff that is new to Monster Core. ;-)

There will not be a smaller set, no. Some existing creatures have new looks.

Are there any plans to bring back the pawns subscription? If this sells well I assume we’ll see more sets released

Pawns are back, baby! Woo!

NICE!!

The return of pawns is welcome indeed!

Huzzah!

Note: We do not have a separate Pawns Subscription any longer, so consider adding Pathfinder Accessories Subscription to your cart.

Pawns! Between this and the runelords reprint, I have hope that we'll see more pawns in the future.

Excellent. I was considering trying to get a second bestiary pawn box as organised play scenarios often require more pawns than one box on its own provides, but this is even better.

Hopefully we can start getting pawns for other books (maybe as a digest edition if individual pawn collections for books like Tian Xia/Rage of Elements etc aren't economically viable).

OH IT'S PAWN LIKE DONKEY... um... KAWN?

(I'm bad at this)

Is there a list of all the monsters available with this?

Is there a list of all the monsters available with this?

Probably not until the book release next month. :P

Will these be available from anywhere in the UK?

I'd love to buy them but shipping is prohibitively expensive.

Will these be available from anywhere in the UK?

I'd love to buy them but shipping is prohibitively expensive.

Have a chat with your favorite FLGS

MORE PAWNS! I hope this sells well so there's a chance we get more pawns for things like adventure paths or other creatures outside of bestiaries

I am very curious about whatever that three headed white and gold stag thing is on the side of the box

I am very curious about whatever that three headed white and gold stag thing is on the side of the box

One of the new Remaster Archons

itschase wrote:

I hope there will be smaller sets of pawns with just the new creatures introduced in the Monster Core series as I already have the pawn sets from the 3 Bestiaries.

I'd be surprised if such a product were financially viable. However, just one pawn box has never been enough, especially for low level baddies. So I'm hoping that this + my 2E bestiary pawn box will be about perfect.

But for your sake, I hope I'm wrong and they do release a set of just the stuff that is new to Monster Core. ;-)

Hmmm... How about a pawn box of multiple copies of the various low level baddies, the ones most likely to form armies? Like a couple of dozen kobolds or goblins, etc.

bugleyman wrote:

itschase wrote:

I hope there will be smaller sets of pawns with just the new creatures introduced in the Monster Core series as I already have the pawn sets from the 3 Bestiaries.

I'd be surprised if such a product were financially viable. However, just one pawn box has never been enough, especially for low level baddies. So I'm hoping that this + my 2E bestiary pawn box will be about perfect.

But for your sake, I hope I'm wrong and they do release a set of just the stuff that is new to Monster Core. ;-)

Hmmm... How about a pawn box of multiple copies of the various low level baddies, the ones most likely to form armies? Like a couple of dozen kobolds or goblins, etc.

Even a single extra *sheet* of pawns, if carefully designed, would solve SO many problems. Focus on low-levels (where the most play occurs) and a mix of pawns that could serve as good proxies (say, zombies for corporeal undead). Something like:

4 zombies
4 skeletons
2 wolves
2 mediums spiders
4 giant rats
2 ghosts
4 hobgoblins
4 orcs
2 oozes
4 heavily armored humanoids
...etc.

I get that there will always be a "just one more sheet', but this particular sheet would be a HUGE boon to utility -- especially with the pawn line becoming much smaller in scope. A single, evergreen box could met 99% of the need.

I'm really hoping the third time is the charm for this (otherwise truly excellent) product.

I understand there are no plans to sell physical pawns for future adventure paths, I'm wondering if PDFs of those pawns be made available for purchase?

I understand there are no plans to sell physical pawns for future adventure paths, I'm wondering if PDFs of those pawns be made available for purchase?

Never mind, got an answer from Erik Mona on Reddit. If anyone is interested, the answer is no, Paizo doesn't plan to release PDF pawns for future Adventure Paths. :(

Any official word on whether the Redcap art issue with the Monster Core book will cause any problems/delays with this product?

Wait Pawns are back? Heck yea!!!!

Any possibility of Player Core 1/2 boxes?

The pawns in the Beginner Box are fantastic but it is impossible to find the Player Pawn box from ages back now, especially in the UK.

Any chance we could get a sneak peek at what's included in the box?

Note: We do not have a separate Pawns Subscription any longer, so consider adding Pathfinder Accessories Subscription to your cart.

As someone who does not purchase pawns, having this on the accessories line feels off.

Makes more sense to have this on their own subscription, or no subscription at all.

Once used, what is the best way to store pawns?

Once used, what is the best way to store pawns?

Bag of Holding. Or whatever they're calling it now. :-)

Keep the cardboard sprues and slide them into document protectors with the pawns in their spaces. You can slide the panel out of the plastic to pull out the pawns you need and the rest stay nice and secure. The Monster Core box will likely need a 2 inch binder to handle all of them.

Video example.

This is very helpful!~ Much appreciated!

This is very helpful!~ Much appreciated!

Agreed! Thanks for sharing this TRO!

Terevalis Unctio of House Mysti wrote:

Once used, what is the best way to store pawns?

Bag of Holding. Or whatever they're calling it now. :-)

I store my in stackable bins that I keep on a shelf near the game table. I have them sorted alphabetically.

Here's a pic of my setup:
https://www.adventuresedgerpg.com/index.php/Pictures

Will these be available on Amazon at some point? The shipping is more than I'd like to pay.

Will these be available on Amazon at some point? The shipping is more than I'd like to pay.

Depends on Amazon.

Will definitely get, all of the other core bestiary pawns are sold out on Amazon, Ebay, and all local shops. Can't get them and I'm not interested in more obscure monsters. This will do nicely to fill in where I don't have good minis or even paper minis (love paper minis).

Very glad they are releasing another pawn box. I too am in favor of some sort of “very common enemies” set. I hate having two pawns of the monster and then have to have something else to represent the other 6 zombies or whatever. Even just some generic ones that would work for broad varieties of creatures.

I would back pawns for future APs on Kickstarter if Paizo is worried about printing these being a money loser.

I’m that serious about pawns. Minis are too expensive and I don’t have time to paint.

H2Osw wrote:

Will these be available on Amazon at some point? The shipping is more than I'd like to pay.

Depends on Amazon.

How it works is that Paizo announce what they offer. Teh distributors add them to their catalog. Gaming stores (and amazon) make some order to the distributors based on what is in the catalog, then the distributors THEN make their order to Paizo, if they have gotten enough orders from the stores that they think they will profit enough from it. So if Amazon doesn't get it, it's because either their distributor or Amazon itself doesn't want to.

they're listed on amazon canada, out of stock but you can still purchase. I made an order, we'll see if it comes in stock haha

Does anybody have the list of pawns included? Without that I can't really tell if I need this or not.

are there plans to continue the pawns line?

There are 415 distinct pawns in the box. Where there are duplicates, there seem to be two total. Unfortunately I don't have time to copy down all the individual names.

Apparently they are continuing the line, at least for some things. Not for the APs (or presumably other adventures) though.

That is encouraging news about the pawns.

Great that they've started doing the pawns again. I can go back to my regular Dad joke at the gaming shop where I discuss my Pawn collection.

Hopefully they'll do some of the hardbacks that contained lots of monsters like Book of the Dead. Perhaps an anthology of some of the books into one pawn set?

I am somewhat bemused by the idea that PCs need sixty trillion different monsters to potentially fight. After all, if you go lion hunting in Africa ten times, you don't run into something completely new each time after the first.