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When will the faction shirts be restocked? I'm new to Pathfinder and want to purchase a Qadira shirt (and take advantage of the reroll) but I am probably an XL/2XL and they just aren't available. I'm tempted to buy a "Small" and just pin it to another shirt but I'd rather have a product I can actually wear around and therefore promote PFS.
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Why would you not restock an item that people want (obviously the popular sizes only until the others run out) and that you have attached an "in-game" benefit to?
Having "once-off" deals like this smacks of cronyism. "You have an item that you will gain benefit from for the forseeable future and only because you joined (and therefore had the option) before me. I will NEVER be able to have that benefit. I don't think that's fair.
Have money - willing to spend it - willing to use a receipt as proof until new stock comes in - want benefit. Why is this not possible?
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Basically it came down to they just didn't sell that well, They were open to the idea of possibly doing them again sometime (more likely for the newer factions) but for that to be considered they needed to depelete the current inventory.
They do allow pretty much every shirt they sell to be used for a reroll, but I'm less interested in that than I am in the coolness of the faction shirts. I actually refuse to use my rerolls though I do make jokes about using them against the PCs when I run a mod in my VC shirt. Would have been nice to save asn Ettin this weekend from a Baleful Polymorph.
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I think they now allow any paizo shirt to offer a reroll. Not 100% sure on that so look deeper into it before spending your money.
I suspect that they have been disappointed with the time required to see profits on the items. I also suspect that they way overestimated the orders on the small/. Medium sizes which is likly the reason they still have them in stock. Look at the fact that so many players are over weight and it is easy to see why those sizes are out of stock in several factions.
Also ask yourself if you really think all of the faction shirts look nice. $20 for a reroll, sure but not for some of those designs, especially after you already have one and that is all you need for most of the games you play.
For the most part I have had good experience with judges about me rather placing my faction shirt over my shoulder or on the table in front of me. I do not want to have to wash my black Cheliax shirt to grey with some of the design chipping off sooner than later by washing it every week. I also don't want to have to go through the hassle of washing it every week.
I know a big part of the shirt is to promote PF at conventions but how many of us really want to throw down $60+ for a shirt _EACH_ day of the convention? That is another reason why I prefer to throw it over my shoulder or on the table. No body wants us wearing the same shirt each day getting smelly over the con.
Why not buy 4 shirts and wash them every month? Because the shirt i really like is now sold out in my size and I really do not want to keep spending $20 a pop in my current financial status. I would love to get my hands on a Shadow Lodge shirt but the 5 newest factions do not have their own shirts.
Last complaint, I don't mind taking my heavy vest off at the table but while I am walking around all day, I like a polo shirt with a collar so that I can rest my vest on 2 thick layers of fabric, not one thin t-shirt layer. I saw many judges wearing generic pathfinder shirts at gencon. Would I buy one? Maybe to support paizo when I had more "shirt money." that is to say when it does not stand in the way of the books, con/hotel prices. But even than, once I put on the vest, the logo would be covered so how much of a point is that? With luck, they will put big symbols on the sleeves so I could help them with the advertisement.
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From past discussions, if I remember correctly, they claim that they made a single print run of shirts, and that's it. Now that they're down to just toddler and godzilla sizes available, they wonder why they're not selling, so they refuse to make more in sizes that normal people might want.
I agree that it seems pretty crappy to have shirt re-rolls in the game and not have the shirts available, except for the specific people who joined PFS during the right couple of months that they were available.
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From past discussions, if I remember correctly, they claim that they made a single print run of shirts, and that's it. Now that they're down to just toddler and godzilla sizes available, they wonder why they're not selling, so they refuse to make more in sizes that normal people might want.
I agree that it seems pretty crappy to have shirt re-rolls in the game and not have the shirts available, except for the specific people who joined PFS during the right couple of months that they were available.
To be fair, Taldor does have some normal sizes available. And you don't need to wear the faction of your character at the table to get the reroll.
But in general, I agree that it would be nice for some more normal sizes to be made available across the boards.
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Just to be pedantic:
Warduke shirt -- no
Kill Doctor Lucky Monkey Hand shirt -- no
Paizo golem shirt -- yes
Pathfinder goblin with d20 shirt -- yes
Andoran faction shirt -- yes
Cheliax faction shirt -- yes
Osirion faction shirt -- yes
Qadiran faction shirt -- yes
the coolest faction logo shirt -- yes
Gray maidens shirt -- yes
Ruby Phoenix tournament shirt -- yes
Stonehenge shirt -- no
Also, the red Venture-Captain shirts are valid for a re-roll.
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There was a *WARDUKE* shirt?!
Man, I don't care if there's a reroll for it, I *want* one!
Something tells me you and me are thinking of the same Warduke, but I don't know if that's the one on the shirt. I find it hard to believe that an old TSR D&D character would be on a Paizo shirt, given how WOTC is about trademarked material.
Now you've got me wondering if I still have my Warduke action figure around here somewhere.
Edit: I found it, and it is THE Warduke: http://paizo.com/products/btpy73ag?Dungeon-Warduke-TShirt
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There was a *WARDUKE* shirt?!
Man, I don't care if there's a reroll for it, I *want* one!Something tells me you and me are thinking of the same Warduke, but I don't know if that's the one on the shirt. I find it hard to believe that an old TSR D&D character would be on a Paizo shirt, given how WOTC is about trademarked material.
Now you've got me wondering if I still have my Warduke action figure around here somewhere.
Edit: I found it, and it is THE Warduke: http://paizo.com/products/btpy73ag?Dungeon-Warduke-TShirt
My guess is that Paizo had the shirts printed back when they were still publishing Dungeon (and Dragon) magazine -- ISTR that they printed a set of 3.5 stats for Warduke in the last year or two of publishing Dungeon.
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I made a shirt from a CUP image of Silver Crusade that I made for my personal use that I bring to PFS events that looks like this:
But still carry the Goblin d20 shirt around for the actual reroll.
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The faction tshirts run really small. I wear a large and I'm not overweight.
Anyway, in this day and age of making fast and cheap tshirts, I'm surprised they didn't do another run, especially of Andoran and Cheliax which sold out. Especially with the influx of new players to PFS in the last year.
Based on players' selection of factions combined with past tshirt sales (and sizes), Paizo should be able to create a model that would be profitable for everyone.
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I'm curious, would something like a Kickstarter where the basic pledge is the cost of a shirt, with the funding threshold being the minimum needed to place the order, be worthwhile? Obviously, it would have to be done on a design by design basis to work, but if the worry is about not ending up with overstock...
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I'm hoping there will be a 'Year of the Risen Rune' shirt coming out soon, complete with Sihedron logo.
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When will the faction shirts be restocked? I'm new to Pathfinder and want to purchase a Cheliax shirt (and take advantage of the reroll) but I am probably an XL/2XL and they just aren't available.
Fixed that for you, because you don't really want a Qadira shirt. Honestly, why would you? Cheliax rules supreme! ;)
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When will the faction shirts be restocked? I'm new to Pathfinder and want to purchase a Cheliax shirt (and take advantage of the reroll) but I am probably an XL/2XL and they just aren't available.Fixed that for you, because you don't really want a Qadira shirt. Honestly, why would you? Cheliax rules supreme! ;)
No, no... I am fairly certain that he did intend to say Qadira.
We tempted him with the potential wealth to be had with some of our latest trade negotiations.
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Venture-Captain, Missouri—Cape Girardeau
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Just to be pedantic:
Warduke shirt -- no
Kill Doctor Lucky Monkey Hand shirt -- no
Paizo golem shirt -- yes
Pathfinder goblin with d20 shirt -- yes
Andoran faction shirt -- yes
Cheliax faction shirt -- yes
Osirion faction shirt -- yes
Qadiran faction shirt -- yes
the coolest faction logo shirt -- yes
Gray maidens shirt -- yes
Ruby Phoenix tournament shirt -- yes
Stonehenge shirt -- noAlso, the red Venture-Captain shirts are valid for a re-roll.
Also, add to this the green Venture-Lieutenant shirts, forthcoming at GenCon.
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I'm hoping there will be a 'Year of the Risen Rune' shirt coming out soon, complete with Sihedron logo.
You mean like this one?
I made this as a fan t-shirt but I've been told an official one is in the works.
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Venture-Captain, Missouri—Cape Girardeau
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I thought those were a secret, Michael.
I'm sure the shirt has been seen by now, thanks to Paizo Con!
To be clear, I'm sure there is a possibility that other shirts from Paizo might be added to the list in the future... we have seen expansion of this list with every new PFS guide released.