Questions on racial boons...

[Silh]

I've wondered about this for a while, and it confuses me. I do hope someone can enlighten me on the subject.

It is my understanding that at one point, a boon was required for Aasimars and Tieflings (I'm going to guess there was one more race on the same boon) but are no longer required today?

I understand that Paizo wants to make race boons special, and I know there are a lot of people who want to play other races. How could Paizo balance this but maybe allow players more opportunities at these coveted pieces of paper? For some, attending a convention isn't possible, some might get to go to a single one in a year if they live close enough to one. Would it be possible to maybe hold a few events at local gaming stores a few times a year?

What determines which races will be allowed for boons? Does Paizo intend to allow more races to be played without boons in the future? I'm not saying it is unfair, but at the same time would it cause any problems? (Can haz hobgoblins? :D )

[Finlanderboy]

Make your own con. Gather up some people and work on making your own con. Get a place to play and send out some fliers. If you do a good job you can make some money on it.

[Katie Sommer]

You don't even have to go that far. I ran a "mini-con" at a local store last year (and will probably do the same later this year) and had support in the form of boons. Thats just 3 tables over 5 slots.

[Maggiethecat]

You don't even have to host a full convention to get boons. Paizo requires an event to have a minimum 15 tables to receive official support, including boons. So if you could set up a 3-day gameday weekend with 5 slots (1 Friday night, 2 each on Saturday and Sunday) and 3 tables per slot, you can request boons for it. Talk to your local Venture Captain/Lieutenant for help setting something like this up (they also have to make the official request for support.)

Not all boons are racial boons, though, and Mike Brock makes the final decision as to what boons he will make available to your event. At Chimaeracon two weeks ago, we had 4 nice boons but none of them were racial boons. Also, Mike has said that he does not want to do any more boons of evil races, so don't expect kobolds, hobgoblins, etc.

[Silh]

Jen Sweet wrote:

You don't even have to host a full convention to get boons. Paizo requires an event to have a minimum 15 tables to receive official support, including boons. So if you could set up a 3-day gameday weekend with 5 slots (1 Friday night, 2 each on Saturday and Sunday) and 3 tables per slot, you can request boons for it. Talk to your local Venture Captain/Lieutenant for help setting something like this up (they also have to make the official request for support.)

Not all boons are racial boons, though, and Mike Brock makes the final decision as to what boons he will make available to your event. At Chimaeracon two weeks ago, we had 4 nice boons but none of them were racial boons. Also, Mike has said that he does not want to do any more boons of evil races, so don't expect kobolds, hobgoblins, etc.

This is all good information to know; also didn't realize that Hobgoblins were classified as evil, or Kobolds. To be entirely honest I had never thought about it.

[Silh]

I'm still curious as to why some races no longer require boons. But thanks to those who have already posted.

[Kristen Gipson]

That decision was made for people like yourself, those who have trouble getting to cons, to be able to get a chance to play non-core races.

I'm unsure on why the aasimar, tiefling, or tengu were the ones chosen.