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To be fair to John, I know that he was 'burned' by LFR, and I guess that he is just worried that PFS might go the same way...
My own experience in the same region has been that generally, players (with a few notable exceptions) ignore / gloss over the races of other PCs, unless the player in question makes a big deal about it. Whether that breaks verisimilitude or not, I will leave others to judge.
Personally, I have no issues with people who have boons, using them. Having said that, I like the 'non-standard' races being exactly that, non-standard (i.e. something cool and unusual). I guess that I am just not as fatalistic as John about the inevitability of 'monster-only' parties ;-)
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I say..put aside the hate and let them have heir fun (hopefully for 12 levels but I figure a few of them will burn/blow up along the way).
Still wish James would try out Gob-Zilla the 12 fire breathing alchemist/master chemist, but after running with his Cleric and Rogue I know ANY gob he plays will be a hoot and useful.
So looking forward to seeing what flavor of pyscho he makes.
Remember, the folks that got the boon had to (mostly) survive one of the deadliest specials ever!
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And thankfully I live in Australia so I won't have to jump through these hoops to permit goblins at my table. And I want to make it clear, I have no issue with those who gained these boons to use these boons. If I had survived insurmountable odds I would also want to benefit from the reward I had received.
I and at least one other party member did not survive, luckily the rest of my team did (waves at teammate Lady Rabbit)....
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I think the Pathfinder Society runs all new recruits through a CSOL (Common for Speakers of Other Languages) class or two before kicking them out to their death. You may know the words but your grammar is horrid.
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I can see it.. (Language and Manners lessons)
"No Gottic.. the answer isn't 'I sets you on fire!'"
"No.. you use the salad fork.. not the candle'"
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I was actually considering NOT learning Common for my goblin. Not sure how that would go though.... Maybe I'll be a monk and take the vow of silence.ALL characters in PFS start with Common, regardless of racial languages.
Maybe, but there are varying levels of CSL (Common as a Second Language). A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and things lost in the translation could make adventuring quite interesting.
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Or I can make a goblin summoner, and the eidolon can translate for the goblin. And be smarter, friendlier, etc.
Or can I be the lovechild of Adril Hestram and a particularly attractive female goblin?
It's probably a good thing he's a fictional character, else he might be after your head for even suggesting that. :P
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20gp for the 1st GM to kill a goblin PC!Doesn't that break the 'don't be a jerk' rule of the board calling for out of hand killing of PCs like that?
Probably not, since it was probably tongue in cheek, unless you think Kain was actually offering gold coins for a character death. But you are flying dangerously close to the Humorless Zone. Veer left!
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Players Tears.....mmmmmmmm....so sweet :D I thought a goblin bounty would at least bring in a Beer. I would let a dragon choke on his corpse for a good dark stout :D Then raise a glass to the only goblin that new the difference between when and win. Before he bite the Pathfinder that stole his words.
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Well four of us played our goblins (Ranger, Rogue, Ninja, Druid) for the first time earlier this month... no other PCs in the group.
The Pathfinder Chronicle report as transcribed in the edited words of Pathfinder Slugtooth:
The Vent couldn't wait to get rid of us and find "competants"... we attacked the Headnodders and gave the Headnodders the thing, then we got attacked by the right Headnodders we were supposed to get the thing to, we trailed the right Headnodders to the place without the thing, where we totally kneecapped the guards despite being noisey. We set fire to some more nodders, and beat on a klanky thing for hours til it stopped klankity klanking. Then the Nodder and his Big Meow ate our Big Meow but he didn't munch us because we totally talky talked him meezy.
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Well four of us played our goblins (Ranger, Rogue, Ninja, Druid) for the first time earlier this month... no other PCs in the group.
The Pathfinder Chronicle report as transcribed in the edited words of Pathfinder Slugtooth:
The Vent couldn't wait to get rid of us and find "competants"... we attacked the Headnodders and gave the Headnodders the thing, then we got attacked by the right Headnodders we were supposed to get the thing to, we trailed the right Headnodders to the place without the thing, where we totally kneecapped the guards despite being noisey. We set fire to some more nodders, and beat on a klanky thing for hours til it stopped klankity klanking. Then the Nodder and his Big Meow ate our Big Meow but he didn't munch us because we totally talky talked him meezy.
What headnodder?
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I have a great RP idea that I want really badly to whip out. It's a long build up, but worth it when it lands.
The goblin character's enamored of the 'city life' so he left his tribe to find his way into absolom's sewers. He considers all of the sewers his 'home', but really, really has a hard time finding food there. Thusly, he goes forth, and gets a job doing the dirtiest of work for a mortician, mostly boxing the goods, if you know what I mean.
So every once in a while he makes a big deal amongst his adventuring companions to take out a huge, greyish hunk of meat, to gnaw on. If no one asks, then he makes a further point of offering some of his Roast Bakothai.
What's roast bakothai, you ask? My goblin pokes you in the front of your leg, 'Dis Frontothai', and back of leg, 'Dis Bakothai'.
Only then do you realize that the goblin snitches parts from corpses to keep the hunger at bay.
Like I said, it takes some timing and delivery, but I wish I had a goblin character to do it in PFS.