Question about Gencon boon races

[Arutema]

Do the Haan and Sarcesian races on the Gencon boon use the listed ability adjustments from First Contact, or does the boon itself give alternative ability score adjustements? (The ones in First Contact don't look right compared to core.)

[CanisDirus]

The text of the boons should answer your question :)

[Gary Bush]

Question on the haan. Does it have natural weapons like the vest? In the description off the face it talks about using crass to attack with.

[Trent Varva]

I've been waiting for the Alien Archive to come out hoping it would clear up my question without having to ask but it didn't change from First Contact so now I feel I should double check for clarification.

In the alien Archive Haan Entry on page 59 for racial traits they are listed as being Large Monstrous Humanoids and having Darkvision, neither of which are printed on the boon.

In a strict RAW sense the phrase on the boon "use the updated rules printed here" would be that no, they do not get darkvision, they are not large, and in a very strict RAW sense they aren't even monstrous humanoids (thus why I tend to look at RAI).

The boon is also missing the Racial HP number, so again in the strictest RAW sense it doesn't have HP.

Now, I'll admit that from the moment I received the boon at GenCon it was probably a pipedream to think this would allow a large character, even if they are listed as large in AA. However, it would be helpful to receive clarification if they do or don't have darkvision. I would bet we can use the Racial HP number of 4 as well. I'm also pretty sure RAI is that they are monstrous Humanoids, I'm just being petty about not being large...

[Shaudius]

Large size only adds 5 feet of reach and doesn't increase damage in starfinder, so There's no reason to think they wouldn't add a large sized race to a boon. As for what source to use, I would imagine alien archive is the correct source.

[Trent Varva]

I suppose you are correct that giving the extra 5 feet of reach for free isn't as big a deal when there is no corresponding damage increase, but it still seemed intentional. I honestly expected the racial stat block in AA to not include large size, based on how they wrote the boon, so I was a little surprised I still needed to try and clarify the point.

I'm a RAI person, so I'm tempted to use the stat block straight out of AA, but I now there would likely be plenty of RAW people out there that would point to the boon language and say its not large. Given that this is society play I wanted to fish around for some consensus before I start playing a Haan Solider with a 10 foot reach in society play.

[GM Blake]

Is the language of the Starfinder GM boon different than the language on the charity auction Starfinder race boon, which said--paraphrased--"see the Alien Archive because it's different than First Contact?" As the Alien Archive answers all of these questions on page 59.