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I hope not.
Even though goblins are fun and very iconic to Paizo it is really just an invitation to make a disruptive character and troll tables while hiding behind the fact that you are a goblin. Fortunately it was given out only to experienced players who went to one of the big cons so they were hopefully responsible in how they used it.
I hope not.
Even though goblins are fun and very iconic to Paizo it is really just an invitation to make a disruptive character and troll tables while hiding behind the fact that you are a goblin. Fortunately it was given out only to experienced players who went to one of the big cons so they were hopefully responsible in how they used it.
Given to experienced and responsible people? Your results may vary.
Anyways, your lucky enough to find a race boon at all. You'd have an easier time getting a home game to run anything outside of core. There are however two modules that let you play as a goblin and a dozen ways to disguise yourself or act like one.
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Given to experienced and responsible people? Your results may varyI hope not.
Even though goblins are fun and very iconic to Paizo it is really just an invitation to make a disruptive character and troll tables while hiding behind the fact that you are a goblin. Fortunately it was given out only to experienced players who went to one of the big cons so they were hopefully responsible in how they used it.
They were given out at Gencon or Paizocon, I don't know which. So that is a big self-selection to those who care enough about the game to travel to the biggest cons. Then like 24 of them were given to the tables that did the best at the special so that is another selection for those with the experience and system mastery to curb stomp the special hardest. I want to trust that the intersection of those who care enough to go to the con and those experienced enough to win the special will try to keep it within reason and not be disruptive.
And even though the goblins are probably pretty bunched up near the city of the con they were given out at for geographic reasons there are few enough that your chance of encountering one is low enough to mitigate the damage a disruptive attention hogging player of a goblin can do to your PFS experience.
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Gnomes are really just more-socially-accepted versions of goblins, really: small and crazy.
And pyromaniacs.
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Gnomes are really just more-socially-accepted versions of goblins, really: small and crazy.And pyromaniacs.
And have a Prankster bard archetype that would love to fool people into thinking they were a goblin.
And have a Prankster bard archetype that would love to fool people into thinking they were a goblin.Gnomes are really just more-socially-accepted versions of goblins, really: small and crazy.And pyromaniacs.
Hat of disguise. Speak goblin. Can you tell the difference?
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You all have basically worked out my "gnoblin" character. All you need now is a good backstory. Mine was captured by goblins as a young adult, and now suffers from Stockholm Syndrome.
There is also a darkvision alternative racial trait for gnomes.
I gave him a level of barbarian so as to get a speed of 30 ft.
The best part is that he often goes around "disguised" as a gnome. (He fully thinks of himself as a goblin). He has found that he is questioned less while in cities if he "disguises" himself as a gnome.
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The best part is that he often goes around "disguised" as a gnome. (He fully thinks of himself as a goblin). He has found that he is questioned less while in cities if he "disguises" himself as a gnome.
So he's a gnome, pretending to be a goblin, pretending to be a gnome? Is his name Count Victor Grazinski? ;-)
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So, a dude, playing a dude, playing another dude?
Actually I'm pretty sure he's a dude, who thinks he's another dude, disguised as another dude! but that other dude is him. Wait until he has to go undercover. Then he'll be a dude, playing a dude, disguised as himself disguised as another dude!
We need to ban turducken characters...
I didn't even know we had a Turducken race boon. Where can I find the racial modifiers for that? Edit: Found it!
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lets face it, its a dud... not a dudeHow so?
Man, I don't know, but that link needed a "Graphic Content" warning on it. It looks nauseating.
Characters pretending to be something they're not remind me of Smite Neutral: PICK A SIDE! I mean, I had a disguised character, too, but then I left her in the Harrowed Realm... too much to keep track of. Too many lies.
I've seen players enjoy the "What are you this time" looks from other players more than they enjoy playing a disguised character.
I once played with a goblin disguised as a gnome; when I asked why, he said, "I'm a goblin, and I'd like to stay that way. Because people don't really take kindly to goblins, I look like a gnome; self-preservation my fellow gnome." It seems like, no matter what you are, if you have to pretend to be someone else, it's never as good as being the whatever it is you're imitating.
Get yourself in a home game; maybe have someone run Dragon's Demand for you? Then have all the goblin fun you can tolerate.
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Get yourself in a home game; maybe have someone run Dragon's Demand for you? Then have all the goblin fun you can tolerate.
Why is there such a tendency on these boards to tell strangers that they are playing the game wrong and that they should play in a home game?
For what it's worth, I have a home game. Two actually, if you count the one that I am running. I certainly could play a goblin in my home game, if I was interested in playing a goblin. I'm not. I play plenty of goblins in the game I run (Rise of the Runelords). My interest is in playing a gnome who suffers from Stockholm Syndrome after being captured by goblins as a young man. PFS is a perfect venue for me to play that character.
Why is there such a tendency on these boards to tell strangers that they are playing the game wrong and that they should play in a home game?
Why? Because:
A. "I wanna play character X."B. "Too bad; it's not PFS legal."
A. "How likely is it to be?"
B. "Not and you'll never get your hands on a boon, so don't bother."
The above dialogue is a little hyperbolic, but you get the intention, I hope.
PFS play certainly has its benefits; for the most part it's enjoyable. However, if someone wants the freedom to play whatever, and doesn't like the possible substitutions, a home game is the way to go. Playing a gnome, a halfling, a wayang (which still requires a cert), a whatever, isn't the same as playing an unavailable race. Having, literally, a herd of ponies doesn't make my character a pack-lord, no matter how it otherwise seems.
Sometimes a beer-league PF campaign is the right answer to "How do I get my hands on character X, Y or Q?" I don't think that's a bad thing. That's not to say that some crazy characters can't be in serious games, either, but again, just examples of possible solutions.
Also, and I have no idea what background these players have, but PFS was my first introduction to table-top play. I had no idea that I was getting into a world-wide rule-set; I also didn't know that home games could/did exist outside of PFS rules.
