New to Pathfinder

[Xtirium]

At the expense of showing my current Noob status I would like to throughout a post for the community to throw their wealth of experience into. I have played 2 pathfinder society games both with pregen characters and had a blast. The second event was I received a Boon to be able to create Wayang and one of the players suggested making a Wizard. This definitely intrigued me I am interested in a Wizard, high risk=high return combined with patience but the race does not interest me. I am a visual person and when I see the default picture of a Wayang in the Race guide I just see evil salesman. I also have access to a Fairy dragon as a familiure at 7th level which is very interesting. So with this scenario any thoughts would be great for discussion.

[Jiggy]

Welcome to PFS!

You're allowed to have more than one character, so you could start with a non-wayang wizard (perhaps human or elf - both are good choices) and save that wayang boon for when you come up with a cool idea later.

[CRobledo]

Play what you want to play. I believe that if you make the character a wayang just to use up the boon, you will get bored of him quickly and not want to play him again.

There are many other legal races that make excellent Wizards. Elves, tieflings and humans are all great choices. You can play any of those without a boon*. And thanks to the rebuild rules, you could build a character now with the credit you earned from the scenarios you played with a pregen. You actually get one more chance to change your mind again (if you play a level 1 character with 2 xp in a scenario, you could rebuild him again after he has 3 xp but before he plays an adventure as level 2). So you could make a wizard right now, play a scenario, then decide whether to keep him or not.

That said, Wizard don't really come to fruition until mid-levels (3+ at least) so it will be hard to gauge at just level 1.

Finally, if you really never envision yourself making a Wayang, make a fellow player happy! Maybe a friend REALLY wants to make one, but hasn't been able to win the boon. Maybe you can find someone to trade it to for another boon. I myself have an extra kitsune/wayang/nagaji GM boon that I will be donating to our local PFS chapter's christmas party to seed a giveaway we are doing. Spread the love!

*As someone will surely point out downthread, you still need a copy of Bestiary 1, Advanced Race Guide or Blood of Fiends to play a tiefling.

[Xtirium]

I very much appriciated the advice and was leaning in this direction but I guess I just needed to hear the professionals say it. I will deffinetly dabble in the Wizarding realm the next challengs lies on the path that he may undertake.

I am excited though my Son has started playing with me and he is leaning twords a Range combatant such as a Ranger or a Fighter.

My next game is the 15th and I should get 2 games in that day so I will have the opertunity to level.

[Craig Stokes]

Welcome to Pathfinder Society, Xtirium! Like other suggested, play what interests you. If it's fun, keep playing it. If it becomes not fun, roll another character.

I think it's awesome that your son is playing with you. How old is he? I got my not-even-remotely-a-gamer 21yr old daughter to play PFS not too long ago. She had fun and might even play again. :-)

[Xtirium]

Craig: My son is 13 and is easily controlled by my every command...lol

Seriously though he is having blast just needs to work on some of the young man’s impulses to charge into a fight or scenario. This is good for that though. The biggest impact will come when his first character dies probably.

[Fromper]

That's a good age to get into it. I was introduced to D&D at 10 years old, and I think my friends and I were a little too young to understand it all back then. I got really heavily into it when I made some new friends at around 12-13 years old who were into it, and we played all through high school.

I'm actually considering getting the Pathfinder Beginner's Box as a holiday present for more 11 and 13 year old nephews, but I'm worried that the younger one would have a tough time dealing with a PC death.

[Enoki]

welcome! i am new as well lol im glad your enjoying it as much or even more than i am!