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We don't share which scenarios grant rewards (to avoid "Chronicle fishing"), but off the top of my head the races that can be unlocked with public boons include:
Bantrid | Barathu (Early Stage) | Bear (Uplifted) | Bolida | Borai | Brakim | Damai | Draelik | Dragonkin | Elebrian | Embri | Ferran | Formian | Ghibrani | Haan | Ikeshti | Kalo | Khizar | Maraquoi | Nuar | Osharu | Ryphorian | Sarcesian | Skittermander | SRO | Stellifera | Verthani | Vlaka | Witchwyrd | Woioko | Wrikreechee
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You can divide the race boons into three broad categories:
1. Boons you get for GMing at a convention.
2. Boons you can "earn" by playing or GMing a certain number of (any) scenarios - usually from the Retail Support Program.
3. Boons that are rewards from a specific scenario.
There's no problem with having a list of the sources for the first two categories, but I don't know that anyone keeps such a list up anymore.
The problem with the third category is that simply knowing that a boon exists on the chronicle may influence a player's actions in the scenario.
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1) legacy races are unlocked, not a huge deal, but those related boons are no longer 'special'
On the contrary, those boons are the most sought after, because instead of granting access, you now get a +2 to any single stat that is 14 or lower.
super difficult if...you cannot get slotted as a GM
You can run games whenever you wish, and there are lots of avenues to do so: Warhorn, Meetup, Facebook, advertising at your local game store, PbP online, host some friends regularly at home, Cons.
I don't want to stop a table because someone may or not be pulling a fast one, and I don't have access to a list of allowable
It's up to the player to bring their Boon, digitally or otherwise.
Why not do a better job at play testing and building these in the first place, instead of waiting to see if players can "Break" a build
I don't know how to quite address this other than to say that this statement is full of untrue assumptions.
No race is overpowered, to my knowledge. The Design Team does plenty of playtesting (and even crowd-sourced playtesting). And it's not up to Starfinder Society to dictate what Starfinder publishes.
Starfinder Society embraces the Cantina feel. It's even been highlighted in blogs. It's vastly more open than Pathfinder Society v1 was.
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super difficult if...you cannot get slotted as a GMYou can run games whenever you wish, and there are lots of avenues to do so: Warhorn, Meetup, Facebook, advertising at your local game store, PbP online, host some friends regularly at home, Cons.
He was talking about the RSP GM boons for this one. You can only get credit for those at an RSP supported store.
3) since many races are locked out, as a SFS GM or organizer, I'd like to know what is actually playable- Many of these are "Chase" boons are not even announced until weekends after a con or big regional event
What is a "chase" boon? And what connection would it have to being announced after a Con?
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Bantrid | Barathu (Early Stage) | Bear (Uplifted) | Bolida | Borai | Brakim | Damai | Draelik | Dragonkin | Elebrian | Embri | Ferran | Formian | Ghibrani | Haan | Ikeshti | Kalo | Khizar | Maraquoi | Nuar | Osharu | Ryphorian | Sarcesian | Skittermander | SRO | Stellifera | Verthani | Vlaka | Witchwyrd | Woioko | Wrikreechee
Don't forget:
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You don't need a list of everything that could be unlocked through boons, because it's not your responsibility to know everything that is allowed - it is the player's responsibility, when requested, to:
1. show you the boon
2. show you proof of ownership of materials they use
3. Show you that the thing they have is allowed in additional resources (if it isn't dependent on a boon).
(I'm not sure what you expected in your audit example. "Oh, so you are playing a wookie? Let me see the boon." vs "Oh, you're playing a wookie? Let me find this sheet that lists all the available races that can be unlocked through boons. Hm. Aha. So wookie is okay if you have a boon. I still need to see the boon though.")
Also, a common misconception - REGIONAL support program and RETAIL Incentive program are two completely different things and aren't tied to each other.
RSP - Regional support program - doesn't require a STORE for games to be run. All you need is:
1. a local venture-officer that has requested Regional Support for your locale
2. That the game you run in said locale is public.
RIP - Retail Incentive Program - requires that the store participates in the RIP. Basically, store allows you to advertise PFS or SFS and allows you to play there, while the RIP encourages players to spend money at said store by giving out modest benefits when you do.
(check https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo5lk3z?Regional-Support-Retail-Supp ort-and for full details on RSP and RIP)
Locally, we've arranged the public part by having a public forum where anyone can join for our local games. Often the games are held in gaming stores because they offer suitable premises to run games, but sometimes the games are run at private locations (say, a bar where we've reserved a cabinet for our gaming group, or sometimes at someone's home) - but the games are still considered public because anyone can sign up.
As a side note, it sounds highly improbable that there'd be so many more GM's than there are players that you wouldn't get to GM. Most people prefer to play when they have a chance, after all. Locally, we usually ask GM's to volunteer to run games in our own GM whatsapp group, and then someone steps up and says they'll have time to prep a game. Sometimes GMs run games outside of our regular days (we usually run games on mondays and thursdays) - but then they just post the sign up thread to our forum and check with me so that I can provide them with the RSP boons. "Not getting slotted as a GM" is something I've never heard of happening. Check with your local VO and without doubt you'll get to run games.
If all else fails, run games online by play by post or roll20 & discord.
Regarding trade-able race boons: Check the boon trading thread, contact someone with the boon you'd want, and see if you can arrange a trade. There are several venture-officers that are willing to act as middlemen if trading boons with complete strangers from the other side of the world feels risky.
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super difficult if...you cannot get slotted as a GMYou can run games whenever you wish, and there are lots of avenues to do so: Warhorn, Meetup, Facebook, advertising at your local game store, PbP online, host some friends regularly at home, Cons.
He was talking about the RSP GM boons for this one. You can only get credit for those at an RSP supported store.
What is a "chase" boon? And what connection would it have to being announced after a Con?
3) since many races are locked out, as a SFS GM or organizer, I'd like to know what is actually playable- Many of these are "Chase" boons are not even announced until weekends after a con or big regional event
Correct
I was lumping in Special Mega con boons and RSP select boons in together as "Chase"
there is no doubt there are people chasing after several of these boons as evidence in the trading forum
from the gentry perspective, these seem to be treated as surprises and are suddenly playable at the table before many players even knew they were available...
again, reinforcing my interest in a codified list of what's available
I still don't understand your word choice of "chase" and "RSP select".
Yes, there are GM only boons at PaizoCon, Origins, and GenCon. This year year the first 2 weren't even races, but I can't speak for the latter.There have also been quarterly rotating GM boons at smaller Cons since SFS came out.
RSP supported stores have also had an option where you could GM enough games to unlock a new race.
I'm not sure why any of these would be surprises. Especially the RSP ones, since you have to GM multiple games to unlock them. The current RSP boon for GMs is not a secret. It's an Uplifted Bear.
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You can divide the race boons into three broad categories:
1. Boons you get for GMing at a convention.
2. Boons you can "earn" by playing or GMing a certain number of (any) scenarios - usually from the Retail Support Program.
3. Boons that are rewards from a specific scenario.There's no problem with having a list of the sources for the first two categories, but I don't know that anyone keeps such a list up anymore.
The problem with the third category is that simply knowing that a boon exists on the chronicle may influence a player's actions in the scenario.
See,
I don't know that the latter half is true, from the limited boons I have, no moral dilemma or decision is relative to the access
I know at least four scenarios that may unlock a race boon, but only if you do certain things. Sometimes it's pretty easy, if you're just the nice heroes you'll get it, but there is a less-heroic way to play the scenario and then you'll miss out. There's also a scenario where you get one of two different races depending on which side you pick. And there's a scenario where one choice gets you a race unlock but the alternative choice gets you a different kind of boon.
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Cool, so as someone who's not in the loop, what races are available WITHOUT a boon?
Just the PHB Races?
I am on my phone at the moment so I'll try to come back to this and post links later, unless someone beats me to the punch. At the moment, legal races without boons are the core races (Android through Ysoki) and the legacy races (Dwarf through Half-Orc) in the Core Rule Book, plus the Izalguun race from Alien Archive 3 (that race was made legal in a Paizo Blog post by Starfinder Society Developer Thurston not too long ago).
Hope that helps!
