I have no doubt that this seems like a dumb question to some, but in my searches I'm getting some conflicting, confusing information.
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There are a handful of boons out there that let people play Goblins in PFS, but there were only a couple dozen ever printed, and there are no plans to print any more.
So yes, they are legal. But no, you're not going to get to play one.*
*Except for the "We Be Goblins" modules.
There are a handful of boons out there that let people play Goblins in PFS, but there were only a couple dozen ever printed, and there are no plans to print any more.
So yes, they are legal. But no, you're not going to get to play one.*
AaAaAaAaAaAaaaaaaarRRrrrrGGHHH!!!!
And half of the current ones are dead, apparently.
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AaAaAaAaAaAaaaaaaarRRrrrrGGHHH!!!!There are a handful of boons out there that let people play Goblins in PFS, but there were only a couple dozen ever printed, and there are no plans to print any more.
So yes, they are legal. But no, you're not going to get to play one.*
Amen. Goblins rock.
Not that I feel they should be allowed without boons - I just want one of the damn boons.
AaAaAaAaAaAaaaaaaarRRrrrrGGHHH!!!!There are a handful of boons out there that let people play Goblins in PFS, but there were only a couple dozen ever printed, and there are no plans to print any more.
So yes, they are legal. But no, you're not going to get to play one.*
Amen. Goblins rock.
Not that I feel they should be allowed without boons - I just want one of the damn boons.
Yeah, I have this goblin build I would kill to be able to play in PFS...
...of course, there would actually have to BE a PFS group within a 100 mile radius for me to do it anyway. *grumble*
I'd kill to be able to get to run a goblin alchemist in PFS. Their obsession with fire and the fact that their population is only held in check by how many blow themselves up annually = yep, perfect alchemist.
Play an intoxicated one with 7 charisma! That's fun too. Probably the same life expectancy, right?
Yeah, goblins are kept to a pretty small minimum as far as I know. Luckily there are plenty of online and home games, so hopefully you can find what you want.
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I think my favorite goblin incidents are in a scenario I GMed for some people online.
I'd say goblins are one of the most fun races to control from behind the screen out of them all. Lets you inject some humor without breaking anyone's immersion or whatever they call it.
I'm desperate to play a Goblin Gunslinger (with a Blunderbuss). "This is my BOOM stick!"
You could play The Dragon's Demand or any sanctioned AP in "campaign mode," which would let you play a Goblin character and still get PFS credit for it. Or, you know, just play a home game.Wait, how does that work?
I think what RDN is recommending is that since Dragon's Demand has a Chronicle sheet, you could play a Goblin in it & get PFS 'credit' for an actual PFS character...
But I could be wrong.
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Well, make sure you verify for yourself in the Guide, rather than taking my word for it. But I'm pretty sure that's how it works. :)
Alternatively, there are certain chunks that you can play as an actual, full-fledged PFS session with PFS PCs, but that doesn't help the "I want to play a goblin" issue.
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Indeed, if a group plays through Dragon's Demand (even with piles of houserules), then at the end everyone gets a small stack of chronicle sheets that they can apply to an unrelated PFS PC.Wow, that sounds awesome.
We actually started just this yesterday. I am running the following lot though DD Homegame Mode:
Ifrit Swasbuckler
Undine Warpriest
Small Tiefling Investigator
Half-Orc Bloodrager
I let them play a lot of the ARG races, but this is what they decided on.
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To the best of my knowledge you get chronicles as you complete the sanctioned portions, although when my home group will get around to part 3 of RoRL, I have no idea...
The chronicles for the home game/campaign mode version of The Dragon's Demand are handed out a bit differently from how they are given out for a home game/campaign mode run AP.
Players (and presumably the GM) do not receive their chronicles for The Dragon's Demand until they complete it, at which point, if they apply all the chronicles to a single PC, they get not just the 3 chronicles for the sanctioned portions of the module, but a bonus chronicle for having played it in campaign mode.
PFS segments: Tier 1-3, 3-5, and 5-7.
Bonus chronicle: 2, 4, or 6
I am running it as home game, but, for the most part, my PCs are fairly tame. Heck, we only just added a combat animal, when the Trapper Ranger reached 4th level. This level, his small leopard AC is mainly just cute. Next level, if he takes Nature's Bond, I think it is called, it stops being cute, and may stop being small.
I am also going to be playing in a game, starting next month, but not all the players have announced their PCs yet, but the GM has set some limitations on it that will tend to keep the PCs more-or-less vanilla. Right now, it looks like I am going to be running a Human Celestial bloodline Sorcerer.
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Beyond Kyle's with the strange ability to live, what other goblins are still running around?I know I ran for a goblin bard at Gencon and didn't manage to kill him (not from lack of trying though - that middle encounter in Feast of Sigils is pretty scary!)
I know of at least one Goblin in Houston that exists only as a stack of GM credit and it therefore still alive.
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Playing The Dragon's Demand (or any sanctioned module or AP, as it was explained to me last week by my 'local' Venture Captain is that campaign mode is a way for folks playing the game outside of PFS to get credit for it. Provided you play or run through the sanctioned sections you get a chronicle sheet that you can apply to any PFS character of appropriate level. With DD if you play or run the entire thing you get a fourth chronicle sheet.
When they say 'campaign mode' they mean any normal home game played however you normally play home games. The restriction on PFS characters that receive the chronicle sheets are the same that apply to any PFS character. So playing in DD doesn't let you play a goblin in sanctioned play without one of the few boons out there. If the GM allows it, you can play one in the home game, but that's up to the GM as usual.
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Playing The Dragon's Demand (or any sanctioned module or AP, as it was explained to me last week by my 'local' Venture Captain is that campaign mode is a way for folks playing the game outside of PFS to get credit for it. Provided you play or run through the sanctioned sections you get a chronicle sheet that you can apply to any PFS character of appropriate level. With DD if you play or run the entire thing you get a fourth chronicle sheet.
When they say 'campaign mode' they mean any normal home game played however you normally play home games. The restriction on PFS characters that receive the chronicle sheets are the same that apply to any PFS character. So playing in DD doesn't let you play a goblin in sanctioned play without one of the few boons out there. If the GM allows it, you can play one in the home game, but that's up to the GM as usual.
This is all correct. The only (minor) difference between DD and sanctioned APs is that for APs you get a chronicle sheet after every book's sanctioned portion, while for DD you get all 4 sheets after you complete the whole book in campaign mode.
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The two goblins around here are still alive and shooting.
Dont remember the names, but one is a gunslinger and the other is a alchemist with rocket bombs. I think they're around 5th level.
Edit: I had the plreasure of GMing the first session for those characters, which was We Be Goblins!, appropriately enough. The alchemist has also played through We Be Goblins, Too! and was crowned chieftain. :P
If there's a goblin table, I'm GMing it and killing ALL the goblins muahahahaha
Is that legal? I think they're an endangered species.
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I'm trying to picture an all-goblin team on "Dalsine Affair".
GM (in character as the Venture Captain): "Oh, no! It's the city guards. Quickly! You must flee down the tunnels."
Players: [look at one another] "Ha Ha Haah! You make funny." "We be goblins. They be Taldans!" "Taldans taste like chicken!" "Old, chicken! Past prime!"
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I have very fond memories of Goblins. I haven't had a chance to play "We be Goblins" as of yet, but I look forward to it. I did however play in a Goblins campaign loosely based off the "Goblin's" online comic series... it was fantastic playing a two-handed fighter/barbarian goblin running around with a dogslicer and horsechopper. So much fun!
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This is all correct. The only (minor) difference between DD and sanctioned APs is that for APs you get a chronicle sheet after every book's sanctioned portion, while for DD you get all 4 sheets after you complete the whole book in campaign mode.Playing The Dragon's Demand (or any sanctioned module or AP, as it was explained to me last week by my 'local' Venture Captain is that campaign mode is a way for folks playing the game outside of PFS to get credit for it. Provided you play or run through the sanctioned sections you get a chronicle sheet that you can apply to any PFS character of appropriate level. With DD if you play or run the entire thing you get a fourth chronicle sheet.
When they say 'campaign mode' they mean any normal home game played however you normally play home games. The restriction on PFS characters that receive the chronicle sheets are the same that apply to any PFS character. So playing in DD doesn't let you play a goblin in sanctioned play without one of the few boons out there. If the GM allows it, you can play one in the home game, but that's up to the GM as usual.
Actually, there is one error in there, which is that it is only, currently, APs and specifically The Dragon's Demand module that it applies to. Any older module no longer has the option for campaign mode play, but must be played with a regular PFS PC or pregen.
Depending on the results of the various The Dragon's Demand games, is whether the new mode applies to all the newer 64 page modules as they get published.
So, for PFS credit:
AP as a home game - Yes
64 page modules as a home game - Yes, hopefully
32 page modules as a home game - No
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Mince Firetooth 8th lvl Ranger. I last ran him at Gen-Con for the Special. GM thought I was joking and the group laughed. I laughed too. "How much help can a goblin be??" A lot if he focuses on evil outsiders and has an axe beak mount and a hankering for demon flesh. Did you know that Vrock's Taste like chicken??
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Any older module no longer has the option for campaign mode play, but must be played with a regular PFS PC or pregen.
I didn't realize that had changed. When I was talking to my 'local' VC we were discussing The Dragon's Demand specifically since I am running it for my Thursday group and since he was hanging out at our event I thought I would ask him to clarify how it works.
I knew APs were one campaign sheet per sanctioned section and the fourth sheet for DD is something new for the larger module format. I am kind of sad that I can;t get credit for the old modules in a home game anymore.
Also, I do air quotes when I say 'local' because he is the closest VC but he and his lodge are about a two hour drive away from where we have set up shop.