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Sure. A very few goblins that had worked, essentially as slaves for the Shadow Lodge before the faction came over to the Pathfinder Society, decided once the "evil" part of e Shadow Lodge was disbanded, and they were freed, petitioned and received trial entry into the Society.
The Onyx Alliance attacked the Grand Convocation. During the battle, some fetchlings advised they no longer wished to be chained to the Onyx Alliance and wished to join the Society. They were brought in and the Decimverate decided to allow a select few into the Society on a trial basis.
How's that?
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Sure. A very few goblins that had worked, essentially as slaves for the Shadow Lodge before the faction came over to the Pathfinder Society, decided once the "evil" part of e Shadow Lodge was disbanded, and they were freed, petitioned and received trial entry into the Society.
The Onyx Alliance attacked the Grand Convocation. During the battle, some fetchlings advised they no longer wished to be chained to the Onyx Alliance and wished to join the Society. They were brought in and the Decimverate decided to allow a select few into the Society on a trial basis.
How's that?
Now I just want to know when all those Ratfolk are going to enlist.
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Now I just want to know when all those Ratfolk are going to enlist.Sure. A very few goblins that had worked, essentially as slaves for the Shadow Lodge before the faction came over to the Pathfinder Society, decided once the "evil" part of e Shadow Lodge was disbanded, and they were freed, petitioned and received trial entry into the Society.
The Onyx Alliance attacked the Grand Convocation. During the battle, some fetchlings advised they no longer wished to be chained to the Onyx Alliance and wished to join the Society. They were brought in and the Decimverate decided to allow a select few into the Society on a trial basis.
How's that?
Right after the Abasalon all you can eat cheese and wine festival?
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Let me preface my comments by saying that I will probably never attend GenCon, PaizoCon, or any one of the major conventions where these special racial boons are rewarded. Even on the off chance that I do make it to GenCon again (I have attended in the past), the chances of me actually surviving the gauntlet to earn one of these boons is fairly slim.
That said I wish that people would stop complaining about the existence of the boons, because I'm afraid that the powers that be will reach a tipping point and will choose not to offer such boons in the future. And that would be a shame. I think that these special boons are extraordinarily cool incentives...and even though I may never earn one I would never want to deprive someone else of doing so.
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This is not directed at the OP, but at the general theme of goblin-whining I've seen over the last few months. And elemental race whining. And various closed-away PFRPG content.
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Jeez-O-Flip, Deane. It's in the nature of people to complain.
Sometimes, I swear, I think that if there were a boon that gave the owner a PC that was a brain in a brass tube, with servo-legs, four robotic arms and the ability to shoot deadly black lightning bolts out of its antennae, there would be a groundswell of people claiming that they'd always wanted to play such a character.
Meanwhile, half the people who received the boons would claim that they wanted a mithril tube, or tentacles rather than robot arms, or that their deadly lighting should be purple.
But that just means that people want the boon. And that makes it an effective promotional tool. If everybody said "Wayangs? Meh. I prefer playing a halfling, thank you" then they wouldn't encourage people to get out to conventions.
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Sometimes, I swear, I think that if there were a boon that gave the owner a PC that was a brain in a brass tube, with servo-legs, four robotic arms and the ability to shoot deadly black lightning bolts out of its antennae, there would be a groundswell of people claiming that they'd always wanted to play such a character.
You've been reading my diary again, I see.
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Sometimes, I swear, I think that if there were a boon that gave the owner a PC that was a brain in a brass tube, with servo-legs, four robotic arms and the ability to shoot deadly black lightning bolts out of its antennae, there would be a groundswell of people claiming that they'd always wanted to play such a character.You've been reading my diary again, I see.
No, it's my diary. You didn't get the boon to have Chris read your diary.
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No, it's my diary. You didn't get the boon to have Chris read your diary.Sometimes, I swear, I think that if there were a boon that gave the owner a PC that was a brain in a brass tube, with servo-legs, four robotic arms and the ability to shoot deadly black lightning bolts out of its antennae, there would be a groundswell of people claiming that they'd always wanted to play such a character.You've been reading my diary again, I see.
See, he only reskinned the diary to be Patrick's, since they contain largely the same content. At least, that's why MY DM told me what I could do.
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Jeez-O-Flip, Deane. It's in the nature of people to complain.
Sometimes, I swear, I think that if there were a boon that gave the owner a PC that was a brain in a brass tube, with servo-legs, four robotic arms and the ability to shoot deadly black lightning bolts out of its antennae, there would be a groundswell of people claiming that they'd always wanted to play such a character.
Meanwhile, half the people who received the boons would claim that they wanted a mithril tube, or tentacles rather than robot arms, or that their deadly lighting should be purple.
As you note, it's just the nature of the beast.
I've been playing in OP campaigns for a while now, dating back to Living City and the beginnings of Living Greyhawk, and I've seen it in pretty much every campaign in which I've ever been involved. As the administrator for an RPGA campaign once told me, "If you give an RPGA player a free donut, he'll complain about it having a hole."
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See, he only reskinned the diary to be Patrick's, since they contain largely the same content. At least, that's why MY DM told me what I could do.No, it's my diary. You didn't get the boon to have Chris read your diary.Sometimes, I swear, I think that if there were a boon that gave the owner a PC that was a brain in a brass tube, with servo-legs, four robotic arms and the ability to shoot deadly black lightning bolts out of its antennae, there would be a groundswell of people claiming that they'd always wanted to play such a character.You've been reading my diary again, I see.
As long as it's not a yellow diary!
Annnnnnnd .. RESSURECTED.
Since mike responded to this thread I figured why make a new one?
My two cents? Special boons for one time conventions? No ty. I find it incredibly rude to base a reward off of the ability to rearange your schedule and money just for the small hope you are one of a slim few to win. If your gonna do it as a boon.. do it at the local level.
You want to boost interest in pathfinder? Run special events where certain months you can make such and such character.. maybe one per person.
PFS gets dull because all the combination of characters have pretty much been made. Its time to throw in a little goblin chaos, a little drow underhandedness, and little druegar racism.
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ACTUALLY why not boost sales and combat piracy at the same time... have like one time use race sheets at the back of new books.. I might actually pony up to purchase my own PF book collection with an extra incentive like that
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My two cents? Special boons for one time conventions? No ty. I find it incredibly rude to base a reward off of the ability to rearange your schedule and money just for the small hope you are one of a slim few to win. If your gonna do it as a boon.. do it at the local level.
This again, really? I don't know why people are still complaining about this since now between online events and the boon trading thread the problem of barriers to access are largely solved. I think that race boons should be replaced with other things like RPG Superstar Top 32 items, but that is less of a quibble now than it ever was.
Yea, it sucks if you don't live in a place with enough of a gaming community for there to be anything besides PFS around, where there are no real campaigns for you to participate in. But I also see an opportunity to advertise your own campaign by allowing options not allowed in PFS.
PFS gets dull because all the combination of characters have pretty much been made. Its time to throw in a little goblin chaos, a little drow underhandedness, and little druegar racism.
No, we really don't. Goblins were a terrible idea to start with. They are just a way to troll tables while hiding behind the fact that you are a goblin and have a super-exclusive boon and I am glad that they are for the most part gone by now. The other two races are evil and in Golarion designed to be solely antagonists. The idea that all the combinations of basic characters have been made is completely ridiculous.
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And people who own Orcs of Golarion and the Advanced Race Guide aren't allowed to play their favorite race. And the people who will own Kobolds of Golarion and the Advanced Race Guide won't be allowed to play their favorite race. And whenever there is a gnoll, drow, duergar, or any other evil race, those people won't be able to play their favorite race. They won't ever be open for everyone to play.
Wait, you mean Pathfinder is not going to be overrun by dual scimitar wielding, darkskinned, not-evil-just-misunderstood, PC-clones?
